Can the Death Penalty Be Administered Fairly—No
Title: Can the Death Penalty Be Administered Fairly—No Year: 1998 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Spectrum—The Council of State Governments Issue: Volume 71, No. 1 Description: Since 1976, 38 states have re-enacted capital punishment statutes, and the state supreme courts have upheld these statutes, But from coast to coast, the death penalty remains fundamentally unfair […]
Anomalies: Ritual and Language in Lethal Injection Regulations
Title: Anomalies: Ritual and Language in Lethal Injection Regulations Year: 2008 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Fordham Urban Law Journal Issue: Volume 35, No. 4 Description: The state lethal injection protocols do not regulate lethal injections, but instead describe hypothetical rituals meant to reassure the reader—whomever that might be—that a controlled and orderly process, in […]
Technician
Title: Technician Year: 1998 Author: Leigh Buchanan Bienen Publisher: TriQuarterly Issue: Issue 104, Article 4, pp. 192-271 Description: A short novel about an unemployed young man from Trenton, New Jersey, who through a series of circumstances applies for and gets a newly-created job of execution technician with the State of New Jersey which focuses on […]
He Was a Big Boy Still Is
Title: He Was a Big Boy Still Is Year: 1994 Author: Leigh Bienen Publisher: Ontario Review Issue: Vol. 41, Article 15, pp. 38-47 Description: A dramatic monologue by a White public defender, counseling the mother of a young, mentally-impaired Black defendant. A WOMAN in her 30’s or 40’s, a public defender, is speaking. – Come […]
A Good Murder
Title:A Good Murder Year: 1993 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Fordham Urban Law Journal Issue: Vol. 20, No. 3, Article 15, pp. 585-607 Description: This essay will describe a pattern which emerged when researchers examined all homicide cases in the state of New Jersey during the years immediately after the reimposition of capital punishment in […]
What We Write About When We Write about the Death Penalty—A Review of Recent Books and Literature on Capital Punishment
Title: What We Write About When We Write about the Death Penalty—A Review of Recent Books and Literature on Capital Punishment Year: 1999 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Issue: Volume 89, No. 2, pp. 751-770 Description: These new books focusing on capital punishment issues come at a time when […]