Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA - Allen Ault
Allen Ault spent years as head of death row. Why does he now oppose the death penalty?
The Interview · BBC World Service
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Show Notes
A host of countries around the world still impose the ultimate punishment on the most serious criminals - death. What is it like to be in command of the machinery of state-sanctioned execution? As part of the BBC’s special Freedom Season, Hardtalk gets a rare insight from 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. Now he is an opponent of the death penalty, Stephen Sackur finds out why.
(Photo: Allen Ault - Former Commissioner of Corrections, Georgia, USA on BBC Hardtalk)