From: C-SPAN on Wed, Feb 09 2011 2:55 PM

Mr. Rubin discussed the recent series of appeals to the Supreme Court dealing with the death penalty in California. Several appeals to the federal courts resulted in stays of execution which the Supreme Court overturned. Eventually the Supreme Court issued an injunction prohibiting the ...

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Feb 07 2011 12:32 AM

Telephone lines were opened for viewers' comments regarding the delay of Timothy McVeigh’s execution.

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Feb 07 2011 12:31 AM

Telephone lines were opened for viewer comments regarding the delay of the Timothy McVeigh execution.

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Feb 07 2011 12:00 AM

From: C-SPAN on Mon, Feb 07 2011 12:00 AM

Local television news coverage of the execution of Timothy McVeigh was shown.

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 11:52 PM

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the execution of Timothy McVeigh.

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 11:51 PM

Telephone lines were open for viewer reaction to the execution of Timothy McVeigh.

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 10:26 PM

Ms. Kaplan spoke about her book The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach, published by University of Chicago Press. She also answered questions from the audience. The book examines the treason trial, conviction and execution of Robert Brasillach, a French, anti-Se...

From: C-SPAN on Sun, Feb 06 2011 3:19 AM

Mr. Meeropol talked about his book, An Execution in the Family: One Son’s Journey, published by St. Martin's Press. Mr. Meeropol talked about growing up as the younger son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed by the U.S. government on June 19, 1953, after being found g...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Feb 05 2011 3:32 PM

Professor Goldhagen talked about his new book, Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust, which argues that many more German citizens were involved in the Holocaust than previously thought. In it, he also argues that they participated due to their belief in a...

From: C-SPAN on Fri, Feb 04 2011 8:09 PM

Professor Wedgwood talked about the legal elements of the closing hours before Saddam Hussein’s December 30 execution, the televised videotape of the execution, and the effects in Iraq. She responded to telephone calls and electronic mail.

From: FOX News on Wed, Jan 12 2011 6:26 PM

Governor to decide whether to abolish state’s death penalty

From: C-SPAN on Tue, Jan 11 2011 6:17 AM

Mr. Rubin discussed the recent series of appeals to the Supreme Court dealing with the death penalty in California. Several appeals to the federal courts resulted in stays of execution which the Supreme Court overturned. Eventually the Supreme Court issued an injunction prohibiting the ...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 7:34 PM

Ms. Cochran and Mr. Dieter talked about media coverage of executions. They discussed what coverage should be allowed and the upcoming execution of Timothy McVeigh. Following their prepared remarks they answered questions from students.

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 7:30 PM

Attorney General Ashcroft announced a delay in the date set for the execution of Timothy McVeigh, convicted of bombing a federal building in Oklahoma City. The delay was prompted by the discovery of some previously undisclosed evidence found in the possession of the FBI. Following his ...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 7:30 PM

President Bush spoke to reporters about his tax cut plan and also said that he fully supported Attorney General Ashcroft’s decision to delay the execution of Timothy McVeigh, convicted of bombing a federal building in Oklahoma City. The decision was prompted by the discovery of undisclo...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 7:10 PM

Local television news coverage of the execution of Timothy McVeigh was shown.

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 7:05 PM

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the execution of Timothy McVeigh.

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 5:32 PM

Ms. Kaplan spoke about her book The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach, published by University of Chicago Press. She also answered questions from the audience. The book examines the treason trial, conviction and execution of Robert Brasillach, a French, anti-Se...

From: C-SPAN on Sat, Jan 08 2011 6:18 AM

Mr. Moran talked about his book Executioner’s Current: Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and the Invention of the Electric Chair, published by Knopf. It's the story behind the struggle to control New York's electric market and how that struggle led to the use of the electric...