Cases and articles

More than 300 British soldiers who were shot during World War I for
military offences are to receive formal pardons, Defence Secretary Des
Browne has announced.

Mr Browne said he would be seeking a parliamentary group pardon for the
men, executed for offences such as cowardice and desertion.

It is believed 306 British soldiers were shot during the war from
1914-1918.

by Jeffrey A. Fagan

Professor of Law & Public Health; Co-Director, Center for Crime, Community, and Law

Capital punishment stirs up fierce debate in the United States. In this essay, Professor Jeff Fagan questions research that supports the long-accepted view of the deterrent effect of capital punishment. States must also come to terms with the fact that each execution can cost between $2.5 million to $5 million, he writes, and ask themselves whether that money can be put to better law enforcement uses.

Authors on Tour presents Sister Helen Prejean, author of the national bestseller Dead Man Walking, discusses and reads from the new paperback edition of her important second book, The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions.

There is no crueler tyranny than that which is exercised under cover of law, and with the colors of justice ..."

 - U.S. v. Jannotti, 673 F.2d 578, 614 (3d Cir. 1982)