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4 Feb 2024, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
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 by Eric Berger
  The death penalty scholar Austin Sarat measures the lethal injection "botch" rate at 7.12%. [read post]
28 Jan 2024, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
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 by Austin Sarat
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 by Austin Sarat
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 by Michael C. Dorf
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 by Austin Sarat
”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 by Austin Sarat
”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 by CrimProf BlogEditor
New York: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd __ (Ben Fleury-Steiner & Austin Sarat, eds.... [read post]
7 Jan 2024, 9:00 pm by Austin Sarat
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 by Rick Hasen
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 by Austin Sarat
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 by Austin Sarat
” 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]
27 Dec 2023, 4:17 am by SCOTUSblog
Here’s the Wednesday  morning read: How Supreme Court Practice Has Changed (and Stayed the Same) Headed Into 2024 (Jimmy Hoover, The National Law Journal) What the Supreme Court Will Do with Trump’s Colorado Ballot Disqualification (Dahlia Lithwick & Jeremy Stahl, Slate) The Supreme Court’s refusal to expedite Trump’s immunity claim could make or break the 2024 election (Austin Sarat, The Hill) Clarence Thomas’s Clerks: An ‘Extended… [read post]
26 Dec 2023, 9:00 pm by Austin Sarat
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 by Austin Sarat
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]
17 Dec 2023, 9:00 pm by Austin Sarat
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]
10 Dec 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
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]
3 Dec 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
The Court’s hands-off approach and its tolerance for injustice in capital cases is hastening the day when the death penalty itself will no longer be used.Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]
26 Nov 2023, 9:01 pm by Austin Sarat
”Follow @ljstprof Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. [read post]