Murder and Its Consequences: Essays on Capital Punishment in America
Title: Murder and Its Consequences: Essays on Capital Punishment in America Year: 2011 Author: Leigh Buchanan Bienen Publisher: Northwestern University Press Description: The essays in Murder and Its Consequences span several periods in the history of capital punishment in America and the professional career of Leigh Bienen, a leading researcher on the death penalty. “A Good Murder” describes […]
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 […]
No Savings In Lives or Money With Death Penalty
Title: No Savings In Lives or Money With Death Penalty Year: 1988 Author: Linda Emanuel and Leigh Bienen Publisher: The New York Times Issue: August 7, 1988 Description: The death penalty is a fraud upon the public. The taxpayers are being sold a bill of goods. Both a simple and a complex analysis of the […]
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 Reimposition of Capital Punishment in New Jersey: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion
Title: The Reimposition of Capital Punishment in New Jersey: The Role of Prosecutorial Discretion Year: 1988 Author: Leigh B. Bienen, Neil Alan Weiner, Deborah W. Denno, Paul D. Allison, Douglas Lane Mills Publisher: Rutgers Law Review Issue: Volume 41, No. 27, pp. 27-342 Description: After Furman v. Georgia held that state statutes that allow for […]
The Reimposition of Capital Punishment in New Jersey: Felony Murder Cases
Title: The Reimposition of Capital Punishment in New Jersey: Felony Murder Cases Year: 1990 Author: Leigh B. Bienen, Neil Alan Weiner, Paul D. Allison, Douglas Lane Mills Publisher: Albany Law Review Issue: Volume 54, Issue: 3/4, pp. 709-817 Description: This article reports research findings from the analysis of the nature and processing of felony murder […]
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 […]
The Proportionality Review of Capital Cases By State High Courts after Gregg: Only “The Appearance of Justice”?
Title: The Proportionality Review of Capital Cases By State High Courts after Gregg: Only “The Appearance of Justice”? Year: 1996 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Issue: Volume 87, Issue 1, pp. 130-314 Description: Both the seriousness of the crime and the economic health of the county influence decisions to […]
Not Wiser After Thirty Five Years of Contemplating the Death Penalty
Title: Not Wiser After Thirty Five Years of Contemplating the Death Penalty Year: 2008 Author: Leigh B. Bienen Publisher: Studies in Law, Politics and Society Issue: Volume 42, pp. 91-133 Description: Is the death penalty dying? This autobiographical essay offers observations on the application of capital punishment in three very different legal jurisdictions at three […]
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 […]