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Lethal Injection
639 published works
Sentencing Law and Policy
Mississippi moratorium test case now primed for SCOTUS
Main October 27, 2007Mississippi moratorium test case now primed for SCOTUSLate yesterday a Fifth Circuit panel, in this relatively detailed opinion, denied a stay to a Mississippi death row inmate…
Sentencing Law and Policy
All the lethal injection news that’s fit to print (but not for law prof blogging?)
Main October 25, 2007All the lethal injection news that's fit to print (but not for law prof blogging?)The New York Times this morning has two article covering the state of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Comical lethal injection coverage fromThe Onion
Main October 24, 2007Comical lethal injection coverage from The Onion Proving yet again that it truly is "America's Finest News Source," The Onion has this new coverage of the legal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A fascinating balance of execution equities in Alabama
Main October 23, 2007A fascinating balance of execution equities in AlabamaThe lethal injection moratorium debate is about to get real interesting in Alabama as the scheduled execution date of Daniel…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Georgia continuesde factomoratorium, while Alabama’s governor pledges to go forward
Main October 22, 2007Georgia continues de facto moratorium, while Alabama's governor pledges to go forwardToday brings two more notable data points in the debate over whether the Baze case has…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Why exactly are some death penalty opponents resisting the moratorium label?
Main October 21, 2007Why exactly are some death penalty opponents resisting the moratorium label?As detailed in this prior post, the opaque work of the Supreme Court in granting stays since…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Is thede factomoratorium on executions going to impact capital indictments and death sentences?
Main October 19, 2007Is the de facto moratorium on executions going to impact capital indictments and death sentences?One of many questions I have now that a de facto execution moratorium…
Sentencing Law and Policy
NY Timescoverage of moratorium head-scratching
Main October 19, 2007NY Times coverage of moratorium head-scratchingIn today's New York Times, Linda Greenhouse has this effective article entitled, "Trying to Decipher the State of the Death Penalty." Here…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Georgia Supreme Court stays execution scheduled for this week
Main October 18, 2007Georgia Supreme Court stays execution scheduled for this weekProviding still more evidence that the Supreme Court has helped create a de facto moratorium on executions, the Georgia…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Mitt Romney, a foolproof death penalty system, and tinkering with the machinery of death
Main October 18, 2007Mitt Romney, a foolproof death penalty system, and tinkering with the machinery of deathI had a chance to talk with a reporter today about whether the Baze…