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- Anyone have any distinct views on who Joe Biden should pick as US Attorney General?
- What data in the federal system would indicate the Biden Administration is drawing down the federal drug war?
- A final (too brief) foray into what metrics and data matter for assessing a sentencing system
- Reactions to our look behind the robes with federal sentencing judges?
- Are there any “offender characteristics” that you think must be considered at sentencing? If so, how?
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Category: Execution methods
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Though I provided in this post a working draft of a proposed "Ohio Racial and Gender Justice Act" (which I hope to discuss in class on Thursday), I now realize it makes sense to also provide here some recent data and discussion on how race seems to impact our capital justice systems. From the Death…
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As mentioned in this prior post, the Sixth Circuit panel ruling in In re Ohio Execution Protocol Litigation, No. 19-3064 (6th Cir. Sept 11, 2019) (available here), sets up the "next big question" of whether Ohio Gov DeWine will now be eager to move forward with the scheduled executions that he previously stayed. This local…
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we have lots of notable Ohio death penalty news. For starters, yesterday a Ohio judge officially imposed a sentence of death here in Columbus as reported in this local article. Here are some details (with a few "whos" highlighted): Clifton Duckson doesn’t know if the man who murdered his daughter and granddaughter in the backyard…
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I am sorry we did not have more time to allow Kevin Stanek, the Assistant Chief Counsel for Ohio Governor John Kasich, to complete his tales about Ohio's fulsome history with lethal injection litigation. But I trust you all got a flavor of some of the major themes I consider most important for our broader class's purposes:…
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As I surmise you could tell from the last few classes, I am not at all troubled that our discussions of how Teddy K.'s capital case might play out in states like Florida and Texas has gone on longer than I had initially planned. I am hopeful you were able to get a real feel from…
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Conveniently, my week away proved to be a period in which some interesting local death penalty news and commentary emerged, as evidence by these two recent posts from my main blog: Former GOP Ohio Attorney General explains why he is convinced "the death penalty is just not worth it any more" Is Ohio again about…
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Late last night, I received this invitation/inquiry via e-mail: Dear Professor Berman: My name is Elizabeth Hand, and I am writing on behalf of the University of Pittsburgh JURIST's Dateline service. JURIST is an ABA and Webby award-winning legal news service that reaches hundreds of thousands of readers weekly. JURIST has been cited 700 times in…
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This week we will turn this week from broad discussion of capital punishment theories and practices to a focused discussion of constitutional doctrine. (And here is a reminder that everyone should be prepared to discuss the McGautha case.) But this great newspaper article, headlined "Firing squads are more humane, experts say," provides a great overview…
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As detailed at my main blog, there’s been lots of lethal injection developments since our last class meeting. Here are links to some of my coverage at SL&P: Florida LI commission report Florida gov seeks national LI review Ohio lethal injection litigation going forward Now what for Ohio’s death penalty? I plan to recap some…
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Providing a fitting capstone to our discussions of execution methods and the role of doctors, today the Florida’s Commission on Administration of Lethal Injection finalized its recommendations today on improving the state’s lethal injection process. I cannot yet find the Commission’s report on line yet, but this article details that the report, which comes from…
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