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Halting an Execution with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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07:12 - 17:28 (10:16)

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once halted the execution of a death row inmate in Louisiana about 20 minutes before his scheduled death despite his set execution date and regular counts within the prison.

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Louisiana's expensive appeals process for the death penalty was nearly put to use in the case of a man named Jessie Hoffman Martin Jr.
07:12 - 09:35 (02:23)
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Death Penalty
Summary

Louisiana's expensive appeals process for the death penalty was nearly put to use in the case of a man named Jessie Hoffman Martin Jr. However, the U. S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia stopped the execution just 20 minutes before Martin was set to be put to death.

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Halting an Execution with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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Eyes Part 2
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Real Life Real Crime
The different camps on Louisiana's death row have varying living conditions, including isolated single man cells in Camp F where inmates are placed prior to their execution and monitored continuously to prevent suicide attempts.
09:35 - 11:06 (01:31)
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Death Row
Summary

The different camps on Louisiana's death row have varying living conditions, including isolated single man cells in Camp F where inmates are placed prior to their execution and monitored continuously to prevent suicide attempts.

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Halting an Execution with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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Eyes Part 2
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Real Life Real Crime
Martin's defense attorneys obtained a document in February that revealed that a witness they called a jailhouse informant during his trial had been diagnosed as a pathological liar at the time, and the state had hidden that information from them.
11:06 - 14:52 (03:46)
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Criminal Justice Reform
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Martin's defense attorneys obtained a document in February that revealed that a witness they called a jailhouse informant during his trial had been diagnosed as a pathological liar at the time, and the state had hidden that information from them.

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Halting an Execution with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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Eyes Part 2
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Real Life Real Crime
Inmates in Angola have to freeze during certain periods in the day when prison guards conduct counts to make sure all the prisoners are within the wire.
14:52 - 17:28 (02:36)
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Angola
Summary

Inmates in Angola have to freeze during certain periods in the day when prison guards conduct counts to make sure all the prisoners are within the wire. Patients in Angola are expected to live more than 10 years based on the past decade's results.

Chapter
Halting an Execution with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
Episode
Eyes Part 2
Podcast
Real Life Real Crime