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7/19/11: In Defense of Flogging

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Prisoner Flogging
State of Delaware Digital Archives

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (kuer) - Criminologist and former cop Peter Moskos says America's prisons are broken, overcrowded, unsafe places that rehabilitate no one and impose tremendous personal, social and economic costs. So he suggests a radical alternative: flogging. On Tuesday, Moskos joins Jennifer Napier-Pearce to argue why corporal punishment is a more humane option for justice.

 

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Jennifer Napier-Pearce served as KUER's news director and a guest host of RadioWest. She is no longer with the station.