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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]
2 Feb 2024, 5:00 am
Samia Nakhoul, Dan Williams, and Matt Spetalnick report for Reuters. [read post]
30 Jan 2024, 4:52 am
William Jerome Rivers, 46, Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders, 24, and Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett, 23. [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… [read post]
26 Jan 2024, 4:38 am
The White House is sending C.I.A. director William J. [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]
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]
12 Jan 2024, 5:07 am
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. [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]
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]
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]
26 Dec 2023, 9:00 pm
One thing I do know is that Sanchez’s decision is a chilling example of what critics of the prevailing state and federal death penalty jurisprudence fear.It goes a long way toward eviscerating legal protections for people condemned to die and allows states like Utah to employ methods of execution, including the firing squad, “no matter how cruel or how unusual” they may be.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell… [read post]
21 Dec 2023, 9:01 pm
To do this we have to remind them that if American democracy fails, their hopes for achieving justice for disadvantaged people in this country and abroad will be lost.Young people will only rally to democracy if they realize that while democratic governments often fall short on their commitments to equality and dignity for all citizens, without democracy, equality and dignity become utterly impossible.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William… [read post]
20 Dec 2023, 4:10 pm
Mark Lisheron, A Killer's Conscience, Austin American-Statesman (Dec. 9, 2001). [read post]
17 Dec 2023, 9:00 pm
In his view, the state is asking him and everyone else to take it on faith that it won’t botch Smith’s execution and execute him without cruelty.But cruelty is baked into what Alabama wants to do to Smith as it is in every other moment when the state uses death to punish one of its own citizens.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
13 Dec 2023, 4:54 am
Dan Williams reports for Reuters. [read post]
10 Dec 2023, 9:01 pm
He might even exercise a truly imperial prerogative and pardon himself.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
4 Dec 2023, 4:53 am
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned on Saturday. [read post]
