Austin Sarat

Sometimes it is hard to get out front and do the right thing.

It opens new possibilities for people who want to stop an execution—not only in Texas, but across the nation.

This will be a bad week for everyone who hopes to make this country a fairer, more just, and more compassionate place.

No state is required to attempt an execution again after it fails the first time.

The long hiatus between executions marks a stark departure for the Palmetto State.

Money talks. And $417 a day says we don’t yet care enough to prevent what happened to Simmons from continuing to happen in every state in the union.

But even one extra week of such torture is a form of cruel and unusual punishment.

Death penalty abolitionists should not be afraid to say this.

She can do better in opposing capital punishment than Biden did as a candidate or president.

The conservatives’ willingness to trash their predecessors is disturbing and dangerous.