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When Police Volunteer To Kill, Alexandra L. Klein
When Police Volunteer To Kill, Alexandra L. Klein
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The Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of lethal injection, yet states continue to struggle with drug shortages and botched executions. Some states have authorized alternative methods of execution, including the firing squad. Utah, which has consistently carried out firing squad executions throughout its history, relies on police officers from the jurisdiction where the crime took place to volunteer to carry out these executions. This represents a plausible--and probable--method for other states in conducting firing squad executions.
Public and academic discussion of the firing squad has centered on questions of pain and suffering. It has not engaged with the consequences …
"Only To Have A Say In The Way He Dies": Bodily Autonomy And Methods Of Execution, Alexandra L. Klein
"Only To Have A Say In The Way He Dies": Bodily Autonomy And Methods Of Execution, Alexandra L. Klein
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Capital punishment is one of the most significant intrusions into a person's bodily autonomy; the state takes a person's life. Even though the state has stripped a person on death row of much of their autonomy and intends to kill them, removing all autonomy, a person sentenced to death may, in some circumstances, choose how they will die. While most states rely on a single method of execution, some states permit a condemned person to choose among two or more methods of execution. Constitutional challenges to methods of execution requires the challenger to demonstrate a substantial risk of severe pain …
Nondelegating Death, Alexandra L. Klein
Nondelegating Death, Alexandra L. Klein
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Most states’ method of execution statutes afford broad discretion to executive agencies to create execution protocols. Inmates have challenged this discretion, arguing that these statutes unconstitutionally delegate legislative power to executive agencies, violating the state’s nondelegation and separation of powers doctrines. State courts routinely use the nondelegation doctrine, in contrast to the doctrine’s historic disfavor in federal courts. Despite its uncertain status, the nondelegation doctrine is a useful analytical tool to examine decision-making in capital punishment.
This Article critically evaluates responsibility for administering capital punishment through the lens of nondelegation. It analyzes state court decisions upholding broad legislative delegations to …
Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Powell, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Powell, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Lecture At Uva Law School, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Lecture At Uva Law School, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Report, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Report, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Bill Texts, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Bill Texts, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Capital Punishment Data, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Capital Punishment Data, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Printed Materials, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Printed Materials, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Press Briefing, Lewis F. Powell Jr
Habeas Corpus Committee - Press Briefing, Lewis F. Powell Jr
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Correspondence, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Meetings, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Meetings, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Others, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Others, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Report, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Report, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Powell, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Testimony By Powell, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee - Memoranda, Lewis F. Powell Jr.
Habeas Corpus Committee
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