Robert K. Elder on the Last Words of the Executed
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What is the cultural and political significance of the dying utterances of people condemned to death? Nick Gillespie of Reason.TV sat down with Robert K. Elder, author of The Last Words of the Executed, to discuss the final words of people executed by the state, ranging from Sarah Goode, a victim of the Salem Witch Trials to Gary Gilmore.