The restoration of capital punishment in 1976 was based on a fantasy of fairness. It must be abolished
Thursday will mark the 50th anniversary of the rebirth of the death penalty in the United States.…
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Tennessee’s attempt to execute Tony Carruthers failed. It must not try again | Austin Sarat ⊖⊖
Carruthers’ court case was fraught with problems. A second execution attempt would be the kind of cruelty no decent society should countenance
On 21 May, Tony Carruthers had an experience that few oth…
6 months ago
The Jerome Powell investigation shows Trump’s need for limitless power | Austin Sarat ⊖
The inquiry into the Federal Reserve chair sends a message to anyone standing in Trump’s way – including the supreme court
News that Donald Trump’s justice department has launched an investigation of …
Trump is marching into 2026 with the worst cabinet in history | Austin Sarat ⊖⊖
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From RFK Jr to Pete Hegseth, the president’s top aides have been disastrous. We shouldn’t be surprised
As 2024 ended and Donald Trump’s cabinet picks were rolled out, commentators scrambled to decide …
7 months ago
Trump’s approach to Venezuela repeats the mistakes of the past | Austin Sarat ⊖
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Congress must work to stop the president from leading us further into a South American quagmire
Donald Trump seems determined to have a military confrontation with Venezuela. He has deployed a massive…
The deadliest wait: five women on death row ⊖⊖
Up to 1,000 women globally await execution in prison, with mitigating factors such as child abuse and coercion ignored
Read more in our Women in prison series
There are between 500 and 1,000 women on d…
10 months ago
When even Ben & Jerry’s can’t speak out, it’s clear: the era of corporate responsibility is over | Austin Sarat ○
Jerry himself has left the ice-cream company, alleging it had been silenced. He’s yet another casualty of corporate kowtowing
When the history of this era is written, there will be much to say about t…
Trump’s death-penalty pledge for Washington DC is ugly racial politics | Austin Sarat ○
The president’s unconstitutional vision would bring a racist practice back to a city that has banned it for decades
The District of Columbia carried out its last execution in 1957. That April, it put …
11 months ago
Trump is wrong about crime – but right about the fear of it | Austin Sarat ○
The deployment of the national guard in Washington ignores the data. But Democrats must not ignore how people feel
In most of America’s largest cities, crime, especially violent crime, is down. But th…
12 months ago
Sentence before verdict: Trump’s attack on Obama is straight out of Alice in Wonderland | Austin Sarat ○
The president’s claims against his predecessor turn long-held ideals of American justice on their head
Almost every American knows that in our legal system, people accused of crimes are presumed innoc…