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Criminal Justice

In the world of capital punishment, Florida is becoming the new Texas

Criminal Justice /

4 months ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

08/26/25 10:00 AM ET

Executions are up in 2025 — should death penalty abolitionists change their tactics?

Civil Rights /

5 months ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

07/28/25 9:00 AM ET

Outside the US, the death penalty is a vestige from another time

International /

8 months ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

04/15/25 12:00 PM ET

Criminal Justice

Marcellus Williams’s execution was a tragedy — hopefully the last of its kind

Criminal Justice /

1 year ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

09/27/24 7:00 AM ET

Death row is not a science lab, and we should not experiment on inmates

Civil Rights /

1 year ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

07/22/24 9:00 AM ET

What South Carolina’s execution dilemma says about America’s death penalty

Judiciary /

2 years ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

02/12/24 10:00 AM ET

Criminal Justice

Even in Texas, the death penalty is dying

Criminal Justice /

2 years ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

12/18/23 9:00 AM ET

Criminal Justice

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

Criminal Justice /

3 years ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

03/22/23 5:00 PM ET

Criminal Justice

Why Pennsylvania governor’s call to end state’s death penalty may be a game changer

Criminal Justice /

3 years ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

02/18/23 5:30 PM ET

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

Campaign /

3 years ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

02/06/23 6:00 PM ET

Criminal Justice

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

Criminal Justice /

3 years ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

01/10/23 2:00 PM ET

By not supporting protesters, we’re repeating the same mistakes in Iran

International /

3 years ago

by Geneive Abdo, opinion contributor

12/30/22 11:30 AM ET

Criminal Justice

Witnessing an execution is always problematic, even when there’s nothing much to see

Criminal Justice /

3 years ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

09/02/22 2:45 PM ET

Criminal Justice

Oklahoma’s planned execution spree underlines death penalty’s errors

Criminal Justice /

3 years ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

07/09/22 2:30 PM ET

Criminal Justice

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

Criminal Justice /

4 years ago

by Austin Sarat, opinion contributor

06/08/22 1:00 PM ET

Idaho lawmakers to consider bill to keep source of lethal injections secret

State Watch /

4 years ago

by Joseph Choi

02/14/22 7:36 PM ET