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7 Mar 2024, 12:34 pm
In his article in Verdict discussing this case, Austin Sarat, a professor of jurisprudence and political science at Amherst College, argues that “systemic issues and denial by state officials perpetuate the cruelty and inefficiency of lethal injections, urging an acknowledgment of its failures and a cessation of its use for capital punishment”. [read post]
4 Mar 2024, 9:01 pm
That is reason enough to stop executing at all.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
29 Feb 2024, 9:01 pm
It is long past time to acknowledge its ongoing, inescapable failures and stop subjecting people on death row to its particular form of cruelty.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
25 Feb 2024, 9:01 pm
That is why Alabama should not be allowed to carry out another nitrogen hypoxia execution.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
23 Feb 2024, 9:30 pm
Austin Sarat on The Gas Chamber, 100 Years of Cruelty (Verdict). [read post]
18 Feb 2024, 9:01 pm
”Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
11 Feb 2024, 9:01 pm
”That is what matters, not the ageism of Hur’s report.In November, when voters are faced with a choice between two old men, I hope that they will focus on what Biden has done and promises to do to improve their lives and to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
4 Feb 2024, 9:01 pm
But it does nothing to address what the death penalty does to those who administer it or the profound problems that plague it in Oklahoma and everywhere the state kills.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
1 Feb 2024, 4:00 am
The death penalty scholar Austin Sarat measures the lethal injection "botch" rate at 7.12%. [read post]
28 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm
We should have learned by now that no new method can assure that executions will be safe, reliable, and humane.With his death, Kenneth Smith now joins William Kemmler (electrocution), Gee Jon (the gas chamber), and Charles Brooks (lethal injection) on the list of people who were put to death by a previously untried execution method and whose botched executions became gruesome spectacles.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell… [read post]
23 Jan 2024, 7:42 am
For the Court to remain silent about that choice, or to avoid facing it squarely, would do an extraordinary disservice not only to Richard Glossip, but to all Americans who believe it is wrong to punish the innocent.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
21 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm
His petition offers the Court as clear an opportunity as one can imagine to oppose racism in capital cases and stand up for simple justice.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
16 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm
As Austin Sarat observed in his column on this site last week, that claim contradicts what Trump’s lawyers told the Senate during his second impeachment trial in 2021 as well as the plain logic of the Constitution’s Article I, Section 3, Clause 7.To see why the Trump claim is manifestly illogical, consider the constitutional language, to which I have added the letters A and B for clarity: [A] Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to removal from… [read post]
15 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm
”For those troubled by the state’s use of ultimate punishments, ending LWOP should be next on the agenda.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
10 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm
”Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
9 Jan 2024, 3:04 pm
New York: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd __ (Ben Fleury-Steiner & Austin Sarat, eds.... [read post]
7 Jan 2024, 9:00 pm
Many, here and abroad, will be appalled if it is brought to fruition.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
3 Jan 2024, 7:02 am
Austin Sarat in The Hill: Moreover, in a 2022 CNN poll, “about half of Americans, 48%,” said “they think it is at least somewhat likely that in the next few years, some elected officials will successfully overturn the results of… Continue reading The post “Opinion: New uncertainty about the Trump disqualification question further weakens our democracy” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
1 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm
What he said is important in assessing Trump’s immunity claim and whether he should be held responsible for what transpired on January 6 and conspiring to subvert American democracy.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
28 Dec 2023, 9:01 pm
” Following what seems to be Ohio’s path offers a way forward that might someday soon leave the cruelty of capital punishment behind and bring this country into line with the community of nations.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
