What Americans think about the death penalty

The BBC conducted interviews with Americans and international tourists in Washington DC to gauge public opinion on capital punishment following a controversial execution attempt. The discussion was prompted by the failed execution of Christa Pike, a 50-year-old woman on death row who survived two lethal injection attempts in September, an occurrence experts called unprecedented. Pike had been convicted and sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of Colleen Slemmer, which she committed alongside her boyfriend at the time.