The State of the Death Penalty

In light of news that the US will publicly execute the Fort Hood shooter, and the recent botched execution of a woman in Tennessee, Justin Mazzola, deputy director of research at Amnesty International USA, talks about the history and current state of the death penalty and public execution, here in the United States and around the world.

Photo: The United States Disciplinary Barracks, where Nidal Malik Hasan is being held on death row, is seen in Fort Leavenworth. Hasan, the U.S. Army Major who was convicted of killing 13 people and wounding 32 others during a mass shooting at Fort Hood in 2009, has been approved by U.S. President Donald Trump for execution by military firing squad. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)