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Is White Supremacist Dylann Roof's Death Sentence Morally Correct?

The Leonard Lopate Show | Feb 15, 2017

New Yorker staff writer Jelani Cobb joins us to discuss his recent article “Prodigy of Hate” (Online title: "Inside the Trial of Dylann Roof") about the federal trial of Dylann Roof in Charleston, South Carolina. Cobb considers the complex moral calculations regarding the death penalty. Some family members of Roof’s victims thought that he should live out every day of his natural life in full knowledge of what he had done, while others thought he deserved to die. Cobb looks at the racial and historical implications of passing a sentence, whether it’s the death penalty or a life in prison.

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Jack Schlossberg, the Kennedy Running for Congress in New York. Plus, the Astronaut Reid Wiseman

The candidate on the role of social media in politics, and speaking out against his cousin R.F.K., Jr. Plus, the commander of NASA’s Artemis II mission on the dark side of the moon.

The New Yorker Radio Hour |

NJ Gov. Sherrill: If state police were too aggressive at Delaney Hall, we'll look into it

New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill took call after call Wednesday night from people who told her state police had been overly aggressive in violent clashes with protesters outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention center this weekend.

Ask Governor Sherrill |

I.C.E.'s "Wartime Recruitment" Campaign

Hiring at the highest-funded U.S. law enforcement agency.

On the Media |

Ask the Mayor Recap and More News From City Hall

Elizabeth Kim discusses the issues Mayor Mamdani talked about in his first "ask the mayor" segment.

The Brian Lehrer Show |