Casting New Light on an Old Subject: Death Penalty Abolitionism for a New Millennium (reviewing Austin Sarat, When the State Kills: Capital Punishment and the American Condition (2001)).

Authors

Wayne A. Logan, Florida State University College of Law

Document Type

Book Review

Publication Date

5-2002

Publication Title

Michigan Law Review

Publication Title (Abbreviation)

Mich. L. Rev.

Volume

100

Issue

6

First Page

1336

Last Page

1379

Abstract

This paper examines recent U.S. efforts to abolish capital punishment, using Austin Sarat's 2001 book "When the State Kills" as the centerpiece of its exploration. The book, rather than mounting a principled "frontal assault" on the death penalty, instead surveys the numerous ways in which capital punishment negatively affects American law, politics, and culture. The paper considers the broader historic significance of this tactical shift and reflects upon the consequences and prospects for its ultimate success.

Rights

© 2002 Wayne A. Logan

Comments

First published in Michigan Law Review.

Faculty Biography

http://law.fsu.edu/our-faculty/profiles/wlogan

Recommended Citation

Wayne A. Logan, Casting New Light on an Old Subject: Death Penalty Abolitionism for a New Millennium (reviewing Austin Sarat, When the State Kills: Capital Punishment and the American Condition (2001))., 100 Mich. L. Rev. 1336 (2002),
Available at: https://ir.law.fsu.edu/articles/193