Human Rights Lawyer On Serial Killers, Execution Methods and Guantanamo Bay | Minutes With

In this episode of Minutes With, we sit down with human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, who has represented over 400 people on death row in the United States. Clive shares his unique insights into the realities of defending detainees at Guantánamo Bay, explores the possibility of the U.S. abolishing the death penalty, and exposes the “barbaric” execution methods still in use.

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[LADbible]

Thank you to Clive Stafford Smith for taking part in this episode. To find out more about his work supporting the next generation of human rights advocates, please visit: justiceleague.org.uk

[ADadasadasdadw]

The 14 year old kid getting held in Guantanamo Bay for telling them where to get tomatoes is just peak American idiocy.

[mat_from_ballarat]

What a special guy. If only there were more people like him. Well done Clive. You're an inspiration.

[BoneyMalone]

The first lawyer I've ever liked and respected. Completely correct about how the government and court systems are corrupt and constructed purposely so.

[daviddamien]

"He would have got life, but he shouldn't have got death"

Powerful.

[hamsterclamper]

What an intelligent, eloquent and - above all - lovely human being👏

[kathleenlewis]

Well...i have to stand corrected on some of my ideas. Informative.

[kittyhurd]

A friend in a friendless world is truly something to be proud of. A light in the darkness.

[kevlewins]

Wow what a man, particularly powerful was his answer to proudest moment in his life and how humbling the answer was.

[moffat]

Edward Earl Johnson was a man convicted in 1979 at the age of 18 and subsequently executed by the U.S. state of Mississippi for the murder of a policeman, J.T. Trest, and the sexual assault of a 69-year-old woman, Sally Franklin. Throughout his eight years on death row, he continued to plead his innocence. Johnson was executed by gas chamber.

His case came to international attention when he was featured in the BBC documentary Fourteen Days in May. Broadcast in 1987, the documentary showed the last two weeks of Johnson's life. It starts on May 6, the day that Johnson learns the date of his execution. During interviews, Johnson said that his confession was forced by police in a deserted wood while they were threatening to shoot him.

Throughout the documentary he also raised the point of the sexual assault victim saying during the police lineup that he was not the man who raped her and pointed to another individual.

In the time since execution occurred, Johnson's lawyers located a woman who claimed to have an alibi for Johnson, being with him during the time of the crime. She volunteered her testimony at the courthouse but was supposedly told to "go home and mind her own business".

[snakebitepellehue]

I love, LOVE this man. His thoughts 100% reflect my own, which is not something I come across a lot. I have a pen pal who is on death row, so this really touched me.

[rachelpitt]

“Listen to the pope about abortion but not the death penalty“ 👏

[TheCBRNick]

I started to watch this one knowing I wasn't going to like this man and that I was going to disagree with what he did.

By the end, he had my complete attention. I could listen to him for hours and he has totally changed my viewpoint.
Men like this can change the world.

[lotusflower]

What a great video. This man is truly doing good in this world.

[SkepticalTeacher]

I watched the documentary about Earl Johnson when I was 15 in RE class at school and it made a huge impression on me, I was so upset to find out that they had killed him. 😢

[ifeyhome]

Clive's 1980's documentary '14 days in May' really moved me to be totally against the death penalty. I can't watch that doc without crying, knowing an innocent young man was put to death 😢

[otmgi]

That is exactly how I imagine every professor at Cambridge sounds.

[otmgi]

My eyes almost popped when you said zyclon-b... no explanation needed...

[idalarsson]

The best content on YouTube! Thank you LADBibel TV!!

[MrDavidKnopfler]

Thank you Clive - You are an absolute good