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Austin Sarat

Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. He is the author or editor of several books including Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution ; The Death Penalty on the Ballot: American Democracy and the Fate of Capital Punishment ; Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty ; and Mercy on Trial: What It Means to Stop an Execution .