Journalist, Author and Murder Victim's Son Tom Lowenstein on the Complexities of the Death Penalty

Released earlier this year, Thomas Lowenstein’s book The Trials of Walter Ogrod highlights the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office’s reliance on a lying jailhouse “snitch” and the broader theme of innocent people being placed on Death Row.

Lowenstein talks about writing the book and more in the latest Summer Issue of Stay Thirsty magazine. A member of the digital quarterly’s staff traveled to Lousiana for the conversation, conducted at the offices of Lowenstein’s New Orleans Journalism Project.