#ReadUP: The Death Penalty
An overview of Glossip v. Gross and the university press books behind the case.
Tag: Gruesome Spectacles
Botching the 8th Amendment
Does the death penalty constitute “cruel and unusual” punishment? by Austin Sarat
Oklahoma’s Botched Execution: A Game-Changer?
Debate over the death penalty has been reignited by a failed lethal injection. On Tuesday Clayton Lockett became the latest case in a long litany of botched executions to muddy America’s capital punishment record. European drug manufacturers, reluctant to associate their pharmaceuticals with the death …
This Is The Grisliest Appendix You’ve Ever Seen
A new book features some gruesome but illustrative end matter, not to be overlooked A long-time advocate for the abolition of capital punishment, Professor Austin Sarat, who teaches Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College, is widely regarded as one of the foremost experts on …
