Of Race, Crime and Punishment
Title: Of Race, Crime and Punishment Year: 1987 Author: Leigh Bienen Publisher: The New York Times Issue: June 21, 1987 Description: THE United States Supreme Court has declared that it is unpersuaded by statistical evidence indicating that the capital-case processing system in Georgia may be significantly affected by race, in particular by whether or not […]
Physician Participation in Executions: Time To Eliminate Anonymity Provisions and Protest the Practice
Title: Physician Participation in Executions: Time To Eliminate Anonymity Provisions and Protest the Practice Year: 2001 Author: Linda Emanuel and Leigh Bienen Publisher: Annals of Internal Medicine Issue: Volume 135, No. 10, pp.922-924 Description: In this issue, Farber and colleagues have provided dramatic findings that warrant the attention of the profession. In their study, a […]
The Quality Of Justice In Capital Cases: Illinois As A Case Study
Title: The Quality Of Justice In Capital Cases: Illinois As A Case Study Year: 1998 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Law and Contemporary Problems Issue: Volume 61, No. 4, pp. 193-217 Description: Bienen uses Illinois as a case study of injustice in capital cases. The quality of justice in the trial and appeal of capital […]
Capital Punishment in Illinois in the Aftermath of the Ryan Commutations: Reforms, Economic Realities, and a New Saliency for Issues of Cost
Title: Capital Punishment in Illinois in the Aftermath of the Ryan Commutations: Reforms, Economic Realities, and a New Saliency for Issues of Cost Year: 2010 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Issue: Volume 100, Issue 4 (Fall), Article 2 Description: In 2000 when Governor George Ryan unilaterally imposed a statewide […]
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 […]
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 […]