Sarat Mercy on Trial

What It Means to Stop an Execution
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2672-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten

Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor. He is author, coauthor, or editor of more than fifty books, including When the State Kills and Law, Violence, and the Possibility of Justice (both Princeton), and Divorce Lawyers and their Clients. His teaching has been featured in the New York Times and on the Today Show. Sarat was the corecipient of the 2004 Reginald Heber Smith Award given biennially to honor the best scholarship on 'the subject of equal access to justice.'

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sarat, Austin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Zentralregierung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments xi

Chapter 1: Mercy, Clemency, and Capital Punishment 1

The Illinois Story

Chapter 2: Capital Clemency in the Twentieth Century 33

Putting Illinois in Context

Chapter 3: The Jurisprudence of Clemency 69

What Place for Mercy?

Chapter 4: Governing Clemency 94

From Redemption to Retribution

Chapter 5: Clemency without Mercy 116

George Ryan's Dilemma

Chapter 6: Conclusion 143

On Mercy and Its Risks

Appendix A: George Ryan: 163

"I Must Act"

Appendix B: Capital Clemency, 1900-2004 181

Commutations by State

Appendix C: Chronology of Capital Clemency, 1900-2004 189

Commutations by Governor

Notes 259

Index 317

Über Autor(innen)

Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College and Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor. He is author, coauthor, or editor of more than fifty books, including When the State Kills and Law, Violence, and the Possibility of Justice (both Princeton), and Divorce Lawyers and their Clients. His teaching has been featured in the New York Times and on the Today Show. Sarat was the corecipient of the 2004 Reginald Heber Smith Award given biennially to honor the best scholarship on "the subject of equal access to justice."