Last Thursday, Attorney General William Barr announced that the Trump Administration was restarting the use of the death penalty at the federal level, a process that had been left dormant for several years despite continuing at the state level.

Where does our use of the death penalty place us on the world stage?  Why do we still have it and what are the arguments for and against its use?

This week, on Context, Please.

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