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Susan Calman Is Convicted

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Glaswegian comedian Susan Calman explores issues on which she has strong opinions.

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Susan Calman Is Convicted: Series 1: Death Penalty

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How working on death row convinced Susan that she was absolutely against the death penalty

How working on Death Row convinced Susan that she was absolutely against the death penalty. Strong opinions from February 2013.

Susan Calman explores issues on which she has strong opinions. This week, she examines the issues surrounding the Death Penalty from the perspective gained whilst working on Death Row.

Susan was always stoically against capital punishment - because that was the expected position for a liberal student to take - and thought that she knew all about it. But it's very easy being so liberal when you're sitting in a country that doesn't have the death penalty. Then, as a law student, she travelled to North Carolina and worked on Death Row for a time. What she experienced whilst there persuaded her absolutely that she thought Capital Punishment was utterly wrong.

This is a story about the transition from casually adopting received opinion to developing your own belief system.

Produced by Lyndsay Fenner.

First broadcast on Radio 4 in 2013.

Susan Calman Is Convicted: Series 1

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Stand-up comedy in which Glaswegian comedian Susan Calman explores issues on which she has strong opinions.

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