TEDTalks. David R. Dow - Lessons from Death Row Inmates
Description
What happens before a murder? In looking for ways to reduce death penalty cases, David R. Dow realized that a surprising number of death row inmates have had similar biographies. In this TEDTalk he proposes a bold plan - one that prevents murders in the first place. Death penalty lawyer David R. Dow has defended more than 100 death row inmates in 20 years.
Runtime
18 min
Subjects
- Corrections (189)
- Death row inmates (33)
- Political planning (192)
- Policy sciences (61)
- Deviant behavior (131)
- Social control (144)
- Public policy (69)
- Criminal justice, Administration of (164)
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Date of Publication
[2013], c2012
Database
Films on Demand
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