Author- Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection 📚
Professor of Law - University of Richmond School of Law ⚖️
Corinna Barrett Lain
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Loving San Fran at the annual Law & Society conference, where I had great fun doing an “author meets readers” session around Secrets of the Killing State. Thanks to all who joined to celebrate and discuss this book!
Bonus! I ran the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge!
This week, Tony Carruthers became the seventh person to survive his own execution by lethal injection. For my thoughts, check out open.substack.com/pub/corinnab...
"Last year, just over 1 in 5 of the people we executed in this country were veterans—deeply damaged people who suffered from PTSD and other serious mental health conditions, almost invariably after serving their country in combat. And 2025 was no anomaly." open.substack.com/pub/corinnab...
“For Corinna, the morality of lethal injection is not only about the drugs, the secrecy, or the people pushing the syringes. It is about whether the state can be trusted to decide that a person’s story is finished.” deadcuriousmag.co.uk/2026/05/29/i...
Finally, the law is catching up with what we know to be true as members of civilized society.
open.substack.com/pub/corinnab...
I could not be more honored to share that Secrets of the Killing State was a finalist in the Next Gen Indie Book Awards, in the social justice category! @indiebookawards.bsky.social
Our local ABC affiliate here in Richmond was interested in DOJ’s adoption of the firing squad too. Here are my thoughts.
www.wric.com/news/local-n...
I had such a great time on Canada’s AM 1150 that they invited me back to talk about my book! Thank you to all at the Early Hour for having me back! Here is Part 2. www.am1150.ca/podcast/the-...
This morning I joined The Early Edition at Vista Radio (Canada) to talk about the latest US move to jumpstart executions. Thanks to the team at Vista—it was a pleasure!
www.am1150.ca/podcast/the-...
I’ll never forget what the son of the slain victim said after witnessing the first execution by nitrogen gas: “it’s something I don’t ever want to see again.’” Turns out, watching someone getting tort...
Prof. @corinnabarrettlain.bsky.social was interviewed live on @cnn.com to discuss the Justice Department's adoption of the firing squad as an execution method, and its relationship to lethal injection.
"In part, it's a move of desperation...the state's violence will be explicit."
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University of Richmond School of Law
Corinna Lain, George E. Allen Chair in Law at the University of Richmond School of Law, on the US updating its execution methods
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will now allow firing squads as a form of capital punishment for those on federal death row. This comes as Richmond experts say the death penalty is “dyin…
