"Cruel and Unusual Punishment": What Have American Judges Said About the Death Penalty?

The electric chair, the gas chamber, lethal injection — U.S. courts have repeatedly faced the question of whether the death penalty is acceptable in principle, whether it can be applied to women and minors, and how humane specific methods of execution are.
On the World Day Against the Death Penalty, legal expert Georgy Astrovsky will discuss notable legal precedents and dramatic court cases in which American judges addressed the ethical and legal aspects of capital punishment.