Women fighting for justice on death row
Nelufar Hedayat meets criminal defence lawyers Sarah Belal and Andrea Lyon
The Conversation · BBC World Service
Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (open.live.bbc.co.uk) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.
Show Notes
Nelufar Hedayat meets two criminal defence lawyers who fight for people's lives on death row.
Sarah Belal is a barrister and the founder of Justice Project Pakistan. She represents the most vulnerable people on death row in Pakistan and abroad.
Andrea Lyon is a lawyer, professor and former law school dean. She was the first woman to serve as lead attorney in a death penalty case, and she holds 19 wins in 19 capital cases. Her book is called Angel of Death Row.
Produced by Alice Gioia.
(Image: (L) Andrea Lyon. (R) Sarah Belal, credit Getty Images.)