Dear friends, On September 3, I set out on a book tour for Secrets of the Killing State to talk to people about how the death penalty actually works and…
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The Myth of Forever Sleep: A new book examines why states continue to sell the American people on the utility of lethal injection—despite its well-documented, monstrous failings. In recent years,…
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The Untold Story of Lethal Injection: Professor Lain Interviewed by Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz Professor Corinna Lain is the S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law at the University…
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Arizona is set for its 2nd execution this year. It could be torturous. The state will kill Richard Djerf on Friday. Experts warn his execution by lethal injection could be…
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Expert sheds light on the shifting landscape of the death penalty in America Debate over the death penalty has intensified recently, both nationally and in Idaho. When President Donald Trump…
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The defense counsel for Luigi Mangione asked a federal judge to dismiss several charges related to the case. One of those charges, levied by the Trump administration, carries the death…
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Corinna Barrett Lain discusses The Killing State with Phillip McKenzie on The Deep Dive Podcast. Philip welcomes. Corinna Barrett Lain, author of Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story…
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Corinna Lain on Houston Matters: a Houston Public Media program discusses the history of lethal injection. Legal scholar and former criminal prosecutor Corinna Lain, discusses the history of lethal injection,…
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May 1, 1942: Robert James was the state’s last hanging execution. By that point the state had already decided to replace the noose with the ostensibly more humane gas chamber,…
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Secrets of the Killing State asks why lethal injections have been carried out in such brutal and incompetent ways
Secrets of the Killing State asks why lethal injections, which were once sold as the most humane execution method, have been carried out in such brutal and incompetent ways. Corinna…
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