Topic
Lethal Injection
639 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
A cornucopia of capital headlines to ring in 2008
Main January 2, 2008A cornucopia of capital headlines to ring in 2008Though 2007 was quite a year for the death penalty (some basics here and here), 2008 promises to be…
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StrongBazescholarlybloggy insights
Main December 31, 2007Strong Baze scholarly bloggy insightsWriting at The Volokh Conspiracy, Orin Kerr has this terrific post about the Baze lethal injection case to be argued in the Supreme…
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Interesting commentary on 2008 politics of death
Main December 29, 2007Interesting commentary on 2008 politics of deathWriting at Slate, Niko Karvounis has this real interesting commentary entitled "Capital Opportunity: Democrats could safely champion death-penalty reform—why aren't they?".…
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How Ohio executes
Main December 28, 2007How Ohio executesAs detailed in this AP story, "Lorain County Common Pleas Judge James Burge on Thursday unsealed the 632-page binder of documents on how the state…
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Noticing Texas’s domination of the death penalty in 2007
Main December 25, 2007Noticing Texas's domination of the death penalty in 2007 Writing in the New York Times, Adam Liptak has this new article headlined "At 60% of Total, Texas…
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All the data on death from BJS and DPIC
Main December 19, 2007All the data on death from BJS and DPICNow available here from DOJ's Bureau of Justice Statistics is "Capital Punishment, 2006 — Statistical Tables," which presents lots…
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Seeking capital punishment predictions for 2008
Main December 16, 2007Seeking capital punishment predictions for 2008As I may document in future posts, 2007 was quite a year for the death penalty. Notably, my prediction in early January…
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Media wonders “what if we can no longer obsess about the death penalty”
Main December 12, 2007Media wonders "what if we can no longer obsess about the death penalty"Perhaps because there have not been any executions to write about for nearly three month…
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SCOTUS keeps execution moratorium in place
Main December 5, 2007SCOTUS keeps execution moratorium in placeAs detailed in this SCOTUSblog post, the Justices continue to block every state effort to go forward with lethal injections. Here's the…
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Does hyperbole help or hurt in lethal injection debate?
Main November 26, 2007Does hyperbole help or hurt in lethal injection debate?Eric Berger has this notable op-ed in the Los Angeles Times on lethal injection protocols, headlined "Unfit to execute:…