Nathaniel Woods Shouldn't Have Been Executed — This Documentary Explains Why
Distractify, December 3, 2021: Nathaniel Woods Shouldn't Have Been Executed — This Documentary Explains Why
“Writer and poet Clint Smith once said, "The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table — it takes away a little bit of the humanity in each of us." The hypocrisy of the death penalty aside, Nathaniel Woods shouldn't have been executed. A New York Times documentary, To Live and Die in Alabama, sheds light on Nathaniel's case, taking us deeper into a story that should have had a different ending. Why was Nathaniel Woods executed?”
Additional reading:
CNN, March 6, 2020: Nathaniel Woods' execution doesn't end the controversy over his case
USA Today, March 17, 2020: 'Please have mercy': Minutes before Nathaniel Woods' execution, murder victim's sister begged an Alabama official to spare him
The New York Times, November 29, 2021: Doyle Hamm, Who Survived a Bungled Execution, Dies in Prison at 64
Equal Justice Initiative, October 22, 2021: Alabama Executes Willie Smith as Other States Retreat from Lethal Punishment
