Tennessee just executed its first inmate in nearly a decade. There are two more executions this year; one is scheduled for after the state elects a new governor. 

Will the return of the death penalty in Tennessee affect either race? Could either candidate, after his election, work with the state legislature to change death penalty laws? 

Christopher Slobogin, director of Vanderbilt Law School’s criminal justice program, joins the podcast to discuss policy questions and political realities surrounding the death penalty.