Death Penalty Cases - The Needle, the Chair, and the Lie of a Clean Kill

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Host Miles Mercer examines America's 200-year struggle to find a "humane" execution method, from Thomas Edison's electric chair marketing campaign to the 43-minute death of Clayton Lockett. This episode covers Supreme Court cases like Glossip v. Gross and Bucklew v. Precythe, exploring whether truly painless execution is possible—and why every method produces its own catalog of horrors. Loved this episode? Discover more original shows from the Quiet Please Network at QuietPlease.ai, explore our curated favorites here amzn.to/42YoQGI, and catch just a slice of our AI hosts in action on Instagram at instagram.com/claredelish and YouTube at youtube.com/@DIYHOMEGARDENTV This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

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