Law professor, CUNY Law School. Author of "Imprisoned by the Past: Warren McClesky, Race, and the American Death Penalty" about the history of capital punishment. Criminal law, social justice, etc. he/him.
Jeff Kirchmeier
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How a Prisoner Ended Up Alone in Court in a Death Penalty Case. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/u...
The concerns of a dissenting Justice is often shown by one clear statement of "I dissent" instead of something like "I respectfully dissent."
By my count, Justice Kagan writes "I dissent" six times in the dissenting opinion.
1 in 61 people nationwide are under some form of correctional control — and the vast majority of them are on probation or parole.
The data is clear: The "land of the free" is committed to a system of mass punishment.
Alabama's nitrogen gas executions constitute cruel and unusual punishment, judge rules. #deathpenalty www.cbsnews.com/news/alabama...
Jeff Kirchmeier
Supreme Court spares life of convicted murderer with low IQ. #deathpenalty www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
In a first, California Supreme Court reverses a death sentence under new racial justice law. calmatters.org/justice/2026...
NEW: The Supreme Court allowed Texas to kill a man the state earlier said it was not permitted to kill.
Justice Jackson: "I cannot understand the Court’s rush to extinguish [life], much less in the circumstances of this case."
Today, at Law Dork:
Becerra, a front-runner for California governor, has a history of blocking police accountability measures and seeking to uphold the death penalty.
Wow, the Supreme Court's third and final decision is Hamm v. Smith, a case about the execution of mentally disabled people—but the court simply dismisses it as improvidently granted. Thomas and Alito dissent.
Count this as a win—the 8th Amendment survives. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
