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“Support for the death penalty in the United States is a mile wide and an inch deep,”
on public opinion about the death penalty amid talk of public execution
NPR Amid talk of public execution, public opinion on death penalty is split ›
On the record · Updated October 18, 2026
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Emory University history professor
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“Elites did because they were becoming embarrassing carnivals.”
on why the U.S. ended public executions, amid talk of reviving them
NPR Amid talk of public execution, public opinion on death penalty is split ›
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