Austin Sarat

The order is a reminder that Americans live in two different worlds regarding the government’s use of the ultimate punishment.

Whatever its motivations, the 5th Circuit’s opinion has little to do with the reality of gun violence with which all Americans live.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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