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Buddhist on Death Row
FromThe History Hour
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Length:
52 minutes
Released:
Jan 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
How US inmates turned to Buddhism to face execution in 1990s Arkansas, and we look at the history of the death penalty in the US with Prof Vivien Miller. Plus, the truth of a space "strike", the 70s book that predicted global decline in 2020, sequencing the Ebola virus and we hear the world's oldest song.
Photo: Anna Cox and inmate Frankie Parker.
Photo: Anna Cox and inmate Frankie Parker.
Released:
Jan 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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