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Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution
Austin Sarat

Fifty Years Ago, the Supreme Court Tried to Reduce Racial Bias in the Death Penalty. Did It Work?


—Slate

Executions by firing squad are beneath this country’s dignity


—The Hill

Aborted Tennessee Execution Highlights Lethal Injection’s Crippling Problems


—Verdict

Leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade shows Supreme Court out of touch with America


—The Hill

No, This Isn’t the Moment to Push for Gun Control. But It Can Be Done.


—Politico

Failures in Tennessee and Oklahoma offer new evidence of America’s execution problems


—The Hill

Austin Sarat's "Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution"


—The Page 99 Test

The Supreme Court’s Unusual Move on the Death Penalty


—Politico

Parkland shooter’s death penalty trial poses severe test for opponents of capital punishment


—The Hill

The Supreme Court’s Cold Indifference in Alabama Death Penalty Case


—Verdict

Why the Parkland Jury Chose Not to Sentence Nikolas Cruz to Death


—Slate

Alabama Wants to Become the Second State in 76 Years to Get an Execution Do-Over


—Slate

South Carolina Judge Bars State Executions Method Similar to “Being Burned Alive” and “Torture”


—Slate

Is lethal injection humane? With Dr. Austin Sarat


—Inside the War Room Podcast

50 years after landmark death penalty case, Supreme Court’s ruling continues to guide execution debate


—The Conversation

Cover-Up, Double-Talk, and Trial and Error Mark Lethal Injection’s Current Crisis


—Verdict

Oklahoma, with a history of botched lethal injections, prepares to start executing a man a month


—CNN

Alabama’s Latest Botched State Killing Once Again Shows the Cruelest Method of Execution


—Slate

South Carolina Case Puts the Electric Chair and the Firing Squad on Trial


—Verdict

Mercy for justice: Why Missouri should stop nation's first execution of transgender woman


—USA Today

Alabama and Lethal Injection Issues


—Inside Higher Ed

GOP governor’s study offers backstage view into negligence and cruelty of lethal injection process


—The Hill

Alabama Supreme Court clears the way for more cruelty in execution


—Salon

Why Ron DeSantis wants to make Florida America’s leading death penalty state


—The Hill

Arizona case shows governors don’t have to carry out executions, even after a court issues a death warrant


—The Hill

Alabama rushes to resume executions — but hasty "investigation" feels more like a cover-up


—Salon

Arizona death penalty case will determine whether a private citizen can compel an execution


—The Hill

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