Robert Blecker (New York Law School): Killing Them Softly: Meditations on a Painful Punishment of Death. Alafair S. Burke (Hofstra): I Got the Shotgun: Reflections on The Wire, Prosecutors and Omar Little. Susan A. Bandes (DePaul): And All the Pieces Matter: Thoughts on The Wire and the Criminal Justice System. When did prisoners start dressing in orange? From The American Interest, Charles Lane on the death penalty and racism: The times have changed. Kenneth Hartman on 8 accurate books to read about life in prison. From 4strugglemag, a review of The Greatest Threat: The Black Panther Party and COINTELPRO by Marshall Edward Conway. Men with quilts: Prisoners piece together their lives one square at a time. John Paul Stevens reviews Peculiar Institution: America’s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition (and more and more). Are autistic people natural born criminals? From 4strugglemag: Views, Thoughts, and Analysis from the Hearts and Minds of North American Political Prisoners and Friends, Russell "Maroon" Shoats on the Dragon and the Hydra: A Historical Study of Organizational Methods; an excerpt from Survivors Manual: Surviving in Solitary — A Manual Written by and for People Living in Control Units; and a review of Let Freedom Ring: A Collection of Documents from the Movements to Free U.S. Political Prisoners. If less intelligent individuals are more likely to commit crimes, why are they less likely to use illegal substances? A review of Inside America's Concentration Camps: Two Centuries of Internment and Torture by James L. Dickerson. A review of "How (not) to Think Like a Punisher" by Alice Ristroph. Should prisons have government-sanctioned tattoo shops? Nathan Hegedus on the death penalty in Oklahoma: A study in bureaucratic horror.
