VICE Season 6 Episode 16
“Waiting to Die” America is the only industrialized, Western country still using capital punishment. While a majority of Americans support these executions, it’s becoming difficult to actually carry them out. Major pharmaceutical manufacturers no longer want their drugs used in lethal injections, leaving many states scrambling. Now, as some states experiment with unconventional drug cocktails and others turn to more archaic methods, VICE’s Gianna Toboni follows one death row inmate on his arduous path to the execution chamber. “Women in War” Yemen has been ripped apart by terrorism, civil war and famine, leading to the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the crisis, and there has been a dramatic rise in reported incidents of gender-based violence. In this report, Isobel Yeung follows resilient Yemeni women, who are finding surprising ways to rise above conflict and their traditional roles in Yemen’s conservative society.
