Capital Punishment Videos

Download this clip! 10/24/2009 Austin TX Hundreds gather at the TX State Capitol to protest the Death Penalty. After so many people have been exhonerated it is unfathomable that this archaic practice still exists within our "justice" system. On Tuesday Oct. 27, 2009 Reginald Blanton will be murdered by the state unless Governor Rick Perry grants him a Stay of Execution. Call Governer Perry and tell him to stop this unconscienable practice today! Before another innocent person is murdered in your name. Governor Rick Perry (512) 463-2000 TIP JAR

Download this clip! 10/24/2009 Austin TX Hundreds gather at the TX State Capitol to protest the Death Penalty. After so many people have been exhonerated it is unfathomable that this archaic practice still exists within our "justice" system. On Tuesday Oct. 27, 2009 Reginald Blanton will be murdered by the state unless Governor Rick Perry grants him a Stay of Execution. Call Governer Perry and tell him to stop this unconscienable practice today! Before another innocent person is murdered in your name. Governor Rick Perry (512) 463-2000 TIP JAR

Current issues affecting labor unions and workers in Ohio and Central Ohio, with Service Employees International Union (SEIU) District 1199 President Becky Williams, and Ohio AFL-CIO President and Ohio Association of Public School Employees Executive Director Joseph Rugola. Recorded September 8, 2009.

Defense Arguments

An Indian man is on top of a high voltage train. Onlookers try to get the man off the top of the train... You can only guess what happens next!

The Ladies tackle the facts and arguments for and against Capital Punishment.

Actor and activist Mike Farrell (M*A*S*H), who's president of Death Penalty Focus, talks about death penalty myths, specific cases, and efforts to end capital punishment. With Liliana Segura (Alternet) and host Cenk Uygur. Brave New Foundation's Meet the Bloggers, MeetTheBloggers.org, Episode 1022

Winston Jones, a reporter for the Douglas County Sentinel, tellsLindsay about his bias.

Lindsay talks about her experience at a clemency hearing for David Crowe.

Lindsay follows the events of May 22nd, the day that David Crowe is scheduled to be executed.

David McDade, the District Attorney for Douglas County, GA, breaks down the crime, and speaks up for murder victim Joseph Pala.

Georgia District Attorney David McDade breaks down the death penalty for Lindsay from the prosecutor's side of the table.

Lindsay updates the audience about a sudden turn of events in the David Crowe case.

Author Stephen Murdoch examines the dubious legacy of intelligence testing in a discussion on his book, "IQ: The Smart History of a Failed Idea." This program was recorded in collaboration with the Commonwealth Club of California, in San Francisco, CA, on April 16, 2008. ----- Stephen Murdoch, author of IQ: A Smart History of a Failed Idea, discusses the invention and history of the IQ test and its applications from the past to the present. Stephen Murdoch has been working as a journalist and writer since 1999. He has written on a wide range of subjects—from legal policy and psychology, to travel and topical commentary. In 2006, Murdoch was a weekly columnist for the Santa Barbara News-Press. He has also contributed to Newsweek, Marketplace (a radio show carried by many NPR stations), The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, The Washington Lawyer, The Boston Globe and other publications. FORA.tv podcasts are sponsored by Pfizer. Visit our Pfizer "Health and Wellness" channel at http://fora.tv/health_and_wellness.

David Crowe is scheduled to be executed this week. Lindsay's in Georgia to cover the story, and we want you to tell her how to do it.

Bill Moyers interviews best-selling historian Thomas Cahill in a far ranging interview that takes viewers from the Coliseum in Rome to death row in Texas and examines what our attitudes toward cruelty can tell us about who we are as Americans. "However difficult it may be the only way you are going to gain closure is to let go of your hatred" says Cahill, who is best known for his The Hinges of History series of books, which includes the widely read How the Irish Saved Civilization. Cahill says his books ask how we became the people we are: "It's human cruelty that is evil. We're not willing to acknowledge that this is inside of us. It's there," he says. "I'm really interested in what's good about us."