Austin Sarat

Even after all of its misconduct and mistakes have become public knowledge, the state is not convinced that it should spare Robert Roberson’s life.

Florida’s sweeping interpretation of the statute would have devastated library shelves.

If the law remains in place, other death penalty states may be tempted to follow suit.

Gov. Beshear, a rising star in the Democratic Party, is not a prominent and outspoken abolitionist.

Last week, we learned another hard lesson about executions, namely that there is no foolproof way of killing someone.

The claims against the big law firm were absurd. The firm’s reaction was a disaster.

Witnesses could see what happened to Sigmon, but they could not see the people who shot him.

Former Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter got it right almost 70 years ago: “A shocking crime puts law to its severest test.”

It seems two factors played a key role in restarting the machinery of death.

Sometimes, what is right in front of you is the hardest to see, and the truth is hidden in plain sight.