Number 1500

Good listen!!! Great reporting!

We need to keep in mind that while seeing someone executed isn’t pleasant what he did was wrong and maybe we need to see it from the victims family sadness and loss. As far as inmate 1500 his death was far less painful than his victims, laying in a street shot in the back of the head with a sawed off shot gun bleeding. He was a thug a criminal that had no value of that young mans life and that probably would’ve never changed and with that said maybe if he had been taught the value of life maybe he’d thought twice about taking another’s away.

The only issue with this otherwise outstanding, well-researched, well-edited exploration of the death penalty in America as filtered through a decades-old case, is the host occasionally making it about his own feelings and emotions. I’m not opposed to this narrative tactic, but in true crime podcasts it must be handled tactfully and professionally — the reporter calling his mom to tell her he’s going to watch a man die, for example, was totally unnecessary. I did appreciate the reporter being honest about this being his first time witnessing someone be executed, and his observations are generally astute. But sometimes he strays into angsty territory that does the show no good.

Thought it was very good-very succinct. Hard getting over the feeling that the host felt like a victim for having to go to the execution - Ie a lot of “I...” and wanted sympathy for choosing to attend the execution.