Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
There’s a big contrast between the way Maryland and Virginia administer their death penalty laws. But one big similarity. Both are studying the role DNA and new technologies should play in death row appeals. Kirk Bloodsworth, a former death row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence joins Kojo.
Guests
- Kirk Bloodsworth Former death-row inmate exonerated by DNA evidence; also spokesperson, The Justice Project
- Brooke Masters Washington Post Reporter
- Richard Dieter Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center
- Gary Bair Chief of the Criminal Appeals Division, Office of the Attorney General, Maryland
- Del. James Almand Virginia House of Representatives (D-47)
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