Abstract
At first glance, how states execute prisoners is an entirely unattractive question for those who think that states shouldnot be executing prisoners at all. Indeed, one might reasonably take the position that discussions about how states execute presume that executions can be carried out in ways that are acceptable and unacceptable, which is antitheticalto the very core of the abolitionist position. As the renowned Henry Schwarzschild-longtime director of the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project and founder of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty-wrote in 1980, "Theworst sin of all is to do well that which should not be done at all." ...
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2026
Recommended Citation
Corinna Barrett Lain, Lethal Injection Then and Now: A Topsy-Turvy Moment for the Abolition Movement, 23 Ohio St. J. Crim. L. 37 (2026).
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