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Faculty FocusMarch 7, 2025Alex Klein Publishes “Kennedy v. Louisiana and the Future of the Eight Amendment” in the Pepperdine Law Review

This article addresses the potential for overruling Kennedy v. Louisiana and what that may mean for the future of the Eighth Amendment’s Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause.

Faculty FocusFebruary 16, 2023New Book from W&L Law’s Peppers Chronicles Work of Death Row Chaplain

Part memoir/part biography, the book tells the story of the Reverend Russ Ford, who served as the head chaplain on Virginia’s death row for eighteen years.

Faculty FocusJune 30, 2022W&L Law’s Klein Publishes Article in Florida Law Review

Prof. Alex Klein published "When Police Volunteer to Kill."

CommentaryMay 25, 2021W&L Law’s Klein and Hasbrouck on Firing Squads

In a commentary in The Nation, Alex Klein and Brandon Hasbrouck discuss South Carolina's newest execution method.

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