Bill of Rights Day: The Death Penalty and the Constitution

Authors

John Bessler, University of Baltimore School of LawFollow
Carol S. Steiker, Harvard Law SchoolFollow
Jordan M. Steiker, University of Texas Law SchoolFollow
Michael J. Gerhardt, University of North Carolina School of LawFollow

Streaming Media

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Journal Title

National Constitution Center

Publication Date

12-15-2016

Abstract

Does the death penalty violate the Constitution? John Bessler, editor of Against the Death Penalty (by Stephen Breyer) and Carol Steiker and Jordan Steiker, authors of Courting Death: The Supreme Court and Capital Punishment, trace the unusual history of judicial regulation of capital punishment and offer their take on whether or not the death penalty violates the U.S. Constitution. Michael Gerhardt, scholar-in-residence at the National Constitution Center, moderates.

Recommended Citation

John Bessler, Carol S. Steiker, Jordan M. Steiker & Michael J. Gerhardt, Bill of Rights Day: The Death Penalty and the Constitution, National Constitution Center (2016).
Available at: https://scholarworks.law.ubalt.edu/all_fac/978