Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault
The Interview31 Maalis 2017

Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault

Why is a former head of state-sanctioned executions now an opponent of the death penalty? A host of countries around the world still impose the ultimate punishment on the most serious criminals - death. But what is it like to be in command of the machinery of state-sanctioned execution? In a rare insight, Stephen Sackur speaks to Allen Ault, who spent years running the corrections system in the southern US state of Georgia. He organised the killing of criminals until he could stand it no more. What changed?

(Photo: Allen Ault - Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA, on BBC Hardtalk)

Jaksot(1867)

11/05/2015 GMT

11/05/2015 GMT

In-depth, hard-hitting interviews with newsworthy personalities.

11 Touko 201523min

Minister of Finance, Portugal - Maria Luís Albuquerque

Minister of Finance, Portugal - Maria Luís Albuquerque

Tim Franks speaks to the Portuguese Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque who has one of the most unforgiving jobs in politics. She is committed to reviving her own country’s battered economy, to sa...

6 Touko 201523min

President of the Council on Foreign Relations - Dr Richard Haass

President of the Council on Foreign Relations - Dr Richard Haass

Hardtalk speaks to a man from the highest echelons of the US foreign policy establishment. Dr Richard Haass has worked in the State Department, advised US presidents, and is now president of the influ...

4 Touko 201523min

Irvine Welsh – Author

Irvine Welsh – Author

Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur speaks to a novelist whose fictional world is filled with drugs, sex, sleaze and alienation. Scottish writer Irvine Welsh draws deeply flawed characters and makes them entert...

1 Touko 201523min

Founder and Director of Exit International - Philip Nitschke

Founder and Director of Exit International - Philip Nitschke

Many people are familiar with cases involving terminally ill patients who believe that they should have the right to die. But what about making this a right for everyone - even if they are fit and he...

29 Huhti 201523min

Economist and Owner of H Robotics - Pippa Malmgren

Economist and Owner of H Robotics - Pippa Malmgren

Zeinab Badawi talks to the American economist and hi-tech entrepreneur Pippa Malmgren. By 2025 robots and artificial intelligence will be performing a lot more of the jobs that humans do at present. W...

24 Huhti 201523min

Chairman of the Israel Labor Party - Isaac Herzog

Chairman of the Israel Labor Party - Isaac Herzog

There was a clear winner in last month’s Israeli election but there is not yet a new government. Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu is taking his time, talking to smaller right-wing and religious parties...

22 Huhti 201523min

Director of the Documentary India’s Daughter - Leslee Udwin

Director of the Documentary India’s Daughter - Leslee Udwin

The brutal gang rape and murder of a student on a bus in Delhi in 2012 provoked widespread shock and outrage and put the spotlight on violence against women in India. A recent documentary about it pro...

20 Huhti 201523min

Suosittua kategoriassa Politiikka ja uutiset

aikalisa
tervo-halme
rss-ootsa-kuullut-tasta
ootsa-kuullut-tasta-2
politiikan-puskaradio
rss-vaalirankkurit-podcast
viisupodi
rss-podme-livebox
otetaan-yhdet
et-sa-noin-voi-sanoo-esittaa
rss-tasta-on-kyse-ivan-puopolo-verkkouutiset
rss-polikulaari-humanisti-vastaa-ja-muut-ts-podcastit
rss-kaikki-uusiksi
rss-merja-mahkan-rahat
rss-asiastudio
the-ulkopolitist
mtv-uutiset-polloraati
rss-aika-ankkuri
rss-hyvaa-huomenta-bryssel
rss-kuka-mina-olen