Episode 125: The Psychological Torture of the Death Penalty

<p><span class="C9DxTc">In honor of World Day Against the Death Penalty (October 10), Christopher Wright Durocher speaks with Professor </span><span class="C9DxTc">John</span><span class= "C9DxTc"> Bessler ab</span><span class="C9DxTc">out why the death penalty should be considered an act of torture. They discuss how the death penalty is classified under international human rights law and how the U.S. Supreme Court consistently gets death penalty cases wrong by ignoring the psychological torture involved. </span></p> <p><strong>Join the Progressive Legal Movement Today:</strong> <a href="https://www.acslaw.org/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">ACSLaw.org</a></p> <p><strong>Today's</strong> <strong>Host:</strong> Christopher Wright Durocher, <a href= "https://www.acslaw.org/person/christopher-wright-durocher/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ACS Vice President of Policy and Program</a></p> <p><strong>Guest:</strong> John Bessler, <a href= "http://www.law.ubalt.edu/faculty/profiles/bessler.cfm" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"><span class="C9DxTc">Professor of Law, Un</span><span class="C9DxTc">iversity of Baltimore School of Law</span></a></p> <p><strong>Link:</strong> <a href= "https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/death-penaltys-denial-of-fundamental-human-rights/AB67A6DAFA64176C3651A435B991F0C8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"The Death Penalty's Denial of Fundamental Human Rights," by John Bessler</a></p> <p><strong>Link:</strong> <a href= "https://blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/death-penalty-research-unit-blog/blog-post/2023/05/torturous-practice-prohibiting-death-penaltys" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"A Torturous Practice," by John Bessler</a></p> <p><strong>Link:</strong> <a href= "https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2082&context=all_fac" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span class= "C9DxTc">"</span><span class="C9DxTc">Taking Psychological Torture Seriously," by John Bessler</span></a></p> <p><strong>Visit the Podcast Website:</strong> <a href= "https://www.acslaw.org/media/podcast/" target="