The Last Meal Podcast

(46) North Dakota

Today we're venturing out into an oil field or an air force base or...some other kind of rural nonsense. To a place I've actually considered visiting, and maybe even moving to. There's not a whole lot in North Dakota except drunk farm hands and child abusers. So maybe I'll stay in the desert.
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(45) The Worst Kind

Today's episode isn't about a state, or the failures of the justice system...although there is a pretty big one of those in here. It's about the worst kind of murderers. The kind who keep my belief in the death penalty strong. I don't do content warnings, but this episode probably needs one. Listen at your own risk.
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(44) North Carolina

One of the most "white robes and torches" states you'll ever set foot in. I could have done an entire episode on civil war era executions, but it went a completely different direction. This one... Will probably swing you toward the pro-death penalty side. It was bad.
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(43) New York

Today we're heading up to the Big Apple...a place I've had the misfortune of setting foot in. It's a gross place full of gross people and more executions than any state I've covered so far.
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(42) New Mexico

Today's episode takes us a little bit southeast of my home desert wasteland...into another drier, desert-ier wasteland. Some of the most horrific crimes I've heard of took place here, but surprise surprise...no death penalty anymore. Buckle up. This one is... Terrible. Just terrible.
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(41) The Last To Die

Of the 50 states in the US, 23 of them have outright abolished the death penalty. Three others have a moratorium on it. While I personally believe it should be reinstated everywhere and kept as an option, many politicians disagree and have decided to take it off the table entirely. On today's episode, we're looking at the last people executed in states where capital punishment has been abolished.
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(40) New Jersey

Oh boy. Another blue state on the east coast. I found a wide variety of crazy stuff in this one, and you get to hear me speak German with my thick American accent.
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(39) New Hampshire

Ah, the east coast...a librarytarian paradise, according to some. Lax gun laws, no state income tax, live free or die. Unless, of course, your idea of "living free" is murdering innocent people. Despite the death penalty being abolished here, New Hampshire has one man currently on death row. Explain that one.
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(38) Nevada

Today we're taking a trip just a couple miles west of my hometown, to the place where everything sinful is perfectly legal. Nevada has more people on death row than almost anywhere else I've covered so far, but their number of actual executions in modern times is...surprisingly low. Buckle up and put on your Adidas tracksuit for this one. You're gonna need it.
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(37) Police Brutality

If y'all have ever been here before, you already know that I can't stand cops. They make mistakes, some of which destroy lives... But at the end of the day, they're people. Try to remember that.
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