Episode 13 "Executioner's Song - Flawed Vengeance"

In this episode, the first in an occasional series on the executions and executioners, we look at the issue of botched executions, instances when the normal procedure of a state execution goes tragically, sometimes gruesomely wrong. Through this we look through a brief history of executions, from beheadings to modern lethal injections. Sources for this episode include the follow: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/botched-executions https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2014/05/mary-fallin-is-responsible-for-clayton-locketts-botched-execution-the-oklahoma-governor-wanted-his-death.html https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Execution_of_John_Louis_Evans_May_4,_1983:_First_Person_Account https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/07/us/ledell-lee-dna-testing-arkansas.html https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21518906/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/12/13/The-execution-early-Tuesday-of-Raymond-Landry-was-interrupted/4883597992400/   Music in this episode is courtesy of musopen.org You can support the show on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/SynodusHorrenda where for $5 a month you will receive access to short monthly bonus episodes. We are now offering quarterly Zoom meetings for all Patreon subscribers regardless of how much you subscribe for. You can also follow us on twitter @SynodusPod and on Instagram at SynodusHorrendaPod. We now offer t-shirts at https://synodushorrenda.threadless.com/