Everyday Injustice Podcast Episode 186: Marc Bookman and the Death Penalty Spiral
b'Marc Bookman, Co-founder of nonprofit Atlantic Center for Capital Representation in Philadelphia and author of the book, A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays.\\n\\nThis book, a collection of essays that highlights the injustice of the death penalty.\\n\\nListen as he discusses some of the worst aspects of the criminal legal system. Bookman discusses among other things: racist judges and the role overall of racism in the death penalty, judges who execute despite the jury ruling for life, the role of mental health, and children killing their abusers.\\n\\nIn the end, he concludes that the death penalty is ineffective, arbitrary and widely infected with racism.'