Austin Sarat

September 01, 2022 | Daily Report Online

The court's 1972 decision in Furman v. Georgia stopped the death penalty in its tracks and offered a stinging critique of its unfairness.

By Austin Sarat

7 minute read

April 03, 2017 | National Law Journal

OPINION: Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has long campaigned to get the high court to declare America's death penalty unconstitutional. Recently, he offered another powerful argument for ending capital punishment.

By Austin Sarat

7 minute read

February 10, 2014 | National Law Journal

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to seek the death penalty in the case of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev puts the abolitionist community in a bind.

By Austin Sarat

5 minute read