The Death Penalty in America
Government, Policy, & International Relations
•
1h 1m
The United States is one of only two developed nations in the world that execute prisoners. Yet there is an undeniable movement abroad in the country toward its abolition of capital punishment. President Biden has promised that there will be no federal executions on his watch, and the Commonwealth of Virginia has become the first former Confederate State to ban judicial killings.
How does the death penalty actually work in this country? How is it determined who is sentenced to die and who is not? What restrictions have the courts imposed on its use, and why? Is there a legitimate argument that the death penalty as currently applied is unconstitutional? Join this presentation with Professor Steven M. Schneebaum, Esq., Interim Director of the International Law and Organizations Program and Practitioner-in-Residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, to explore the answers to these questions.
This livestream has been stamped by Common Question.
To learn more, visit jhu.edu/hopkinsathome
Up Next in Government, Policy, & International Relations
-
The Long Journey to Women’s Suffrage
This coming August 26th marks the 100th Anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment giving women the vote in the United States. In this webcast, Dorothea Wolfson -- Director of the Master of Arts in Government -- addresses the philosophical and cultural obstacles that prolonged women’s...
-
The Woman’s Hour: An Interview with E...
Elaine Weiss’ book, The Woman’s Hour, details the nail-biting climax of one of the greatest political battles in American history: the ratification of the constitutional amendment that granted women the right to vote. In this installment of the JHU Suffrage Series, Elaine Weiss will be interview...
-
What Universities Owe Democracy: A Co...
Join Johns Hopkins University President Ronald J. Daniels and SNF Agora faculty member Liliana Mason for a discussion of President Daniels’ recent book, What Universities Owe Democracy, which examines the role higher education can play in helping to restore American democracy in this moment of de...
