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This week, we’re looking back to the first executions ever carried out in Terre Haute. The death penalty promises closure, or justice, but does it deliver? And what changes when the victims of a crime number in the thousands?

How U.S. justice officials convinced top judges to sign off to kill 14 condemned Americans in the middle of a pandemic. How laws passed decades ago — by people in power today — made it all possible. And why it could happen again.

We talk with 'Welcome to Night Vale' co-creator and writer Jeffrey Cranor about the podcast's new live show. We do not talk about the Dog Park. Do not think about the Dog Park.