scholarly journals States of Wait: The Death Penalty in Contemporary Egypt

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Summer) ◽  
pp. 106-122
Author(s):  
Amira Mahmoud Othman
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
State Building ◽  
The State ◽  
Political Prisoners ◽  
Death Row ◽  
Contemporary State ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Death Row Inmates

This paper is an exploration of the daily encounters of “political” prisoners on death row ward with figures of the state. Building on ethnographic fieldwork and theories around states, bodies, terrorism, law, and fantasies, the paper problematizes the contemporary state discourse on “terrorism.” Instead, it proposes an understanding of the state’s creation of gendered “terrorist” bodies, which it deems killable in the process. Meanwhile, it identifies the state as heterogeneous, and acknowledges the multifaceted manifestations of the contemporary Egyptian state in the everyday encounters with death row inmates and their families. It also explores the inevitable wait for the state in every process, thereby taking seriously the realm of temporality on death row, and what it then means to refuse to wait.

Intelligent and Civilized Sentiments

Lethal State ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 111-152
Author(s):  
Seth Kotch
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
State Law ◽  
Death Row ◽  
Death Sentences ◽  
Death Row Inmates ◽  
History Of ◽  
Tangible Result

This chapter tells the history of some of the elements that contributed to the declining use of the death penalty in North Carolina. Journalist Nell Battle Lewis railed against the practice as racist, un-Christian, and barbaric. Paul Green echoed those sentiments as he campaigned to save death row inmates from death. Yet their activism had little tangible result. More significant was a change in state law that allowed juries to formally recommend mercy following a conviction, meaning that judges were no longer required to deliver mandatory death sentences. The end of the mandatory death sentences ended executions, which ceased in 1961 and would not resume until 1984.

Staatliche Bezirksbehörden nach 1848. Knotenpunkte der "unmittelbarsten Beziehungen" von Staat und Bevölkerung

2021 ◽  
pp. 203-230
Author(s):  
Thomas Stockinger
Keyword(s):  
State Building ◽  
The State ◽  
Entire Population ◽  
Constitutional Rule ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Local Actors ◽  
District Administration

District Administration by the State after 1848. The Nexus of the “Most Immediate Relations” between the State and the Population. With the abolition of the manorial system in 1848, the Habsburg state was forced to create its own network of local administrative institutions. This project mobilised huge quantities of both personnel and material resources, and eventually affected the everyday lives of the entire population. In Michael Mann’s terms, it intensified the previously thin, extensive power of the state. On the surface, it sought to strengthen the despotic power of the state, but at the same time, it had to rely on manifold contributions by local actors, who were compensated not only with increasing benefits, but also with opportunities to participate in governance. While the neo-absolutist attempt to replace constitutional rule with paternalist bureaucracy failed, it created structures that would remain fundamental to state-building until the end of the Monarchy and beyond.

scholarly journals Amnesty International dan Penghapusan Hukuman Mati di Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-257
Author(s):  
Yanti Kristina Sianturi ◽  
Irza Khurun'in
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Transnational Advocacy ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Death Row ◽  
Amnesty International ◽  
Death Row Inmates ◽  
International Human

Malaysia is a country where the death penalty is still present and frequently practiced. It is due to different understandings of the death penalty itself. The absence of the Malaysian government in various international human rights treaties also increases unfair trials on death row inmates. The high number of death row inmates in Malaysia represents a severe human rights violation. The abolition of the death penalty is one of the current global human rights agendas. It goes against the right to live regulated by various international human rights instruments, such as the ICCPR (International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) and the Declaration of Human Rights. One of the INGOs actively advocating the abolition of the death penalty in Malaysia is Amnesty International. This study looks at Amnesty International’s transnational advocacy tactics in encouraging the death penalty abolition in Malaysia from 2015 to 2018. The method used is descriptive research by collecting primary and secondary data and using transnational advocacy networks by Keck and Sikkink. The results of this research show that the efforts used by Amnesty International in this advocacy include information politics, symbolic politics, leverage politics, and accountability politics.

scholarly journals DAMPAK PELAKSANAAN HUKUMAN MATI TERHADAP KONDISI KEJIWAAN TERPIDANA MATI DI INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-54
Author(s):  
Yuliana Yuliana
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Legal Culture ◽  
Death Sentence ◽  
Correctional Institution ◽  
Death Row ◽  
Legal Structure ◽  
Death Row Inmates ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Postponement

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis dampak dari pelaksanaan hukuman mati terhadap kondisi kejiwaan (psychology) para terpidana mati. Dan yang kedua untuk mengetahui dan menganalisis hal-hal apa saja yang terkait dengan pelaksanaan hukuman mati yang tidak sesuai dengan ketentuan yang berlaku. Penulis menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan yuridis sosiologis. Hasil peneltian ini adalah 1) dampak dari pelaksanaan hukuman mati yang dirasakan dampak positif banyak dari terpidana mati yang dirasakan adalah terpidana mati lebih mendekatkan diri kepada Tuhan sedangkan dampak negatif banyak diantaranya yang mengalami stress dan gangguan jiwa di dalam Lapas. 2) hal yang berkaitan dengan pelaksanaan hukuman mati yang tidak sesuai dengan ketentuan dalam UU No. 2 PNPS Tahun 1964 Tentang Tata Cara Pelaksanaan Hukuman Mati dan tidak sesuai ketentuan Perkapolri No. 5 Tahun 2010 tentang Tata Cara Pelaksanaan Pidana Mati. Simpulan dari hasil penelitian ini adalah 1) dampak dari pelaksanaan hukuman mati terdapat dampak negatif dan dampak positif yang dirasakan terpidana mati dan mengalami tingkat stres yang paling tinggi ketika memasuki tempat isolasi. 2) hal yang terkait dengan sistem hukum baik legal structure adalah aparat penagak hukum dalam menjalankan tugasnya tidak sesuai dengan UU, kemudian legal substance adalah aturan terkait jangka waktu eksekusi tidak dirumuskan dalam UU sehingga salah satu faktor penyebab penundaan eksekusi dan yang ketiga adalah legal culture, ketika terpidana di eksekusi di depan umum akan menimbulkan dampak negatif bagi keluarga dan akan dicap jelek oleh masyarakat.The study aims to identify and analyze the impact of the execution of death row inmates to psychiaytric conditions. And the second to determine and analyze any matters related to the implementation of the death sentence in accordance with applicaple regulations. The author uses qualitative methods with sosiological juridical approach. The results of this study were 1) the impact of the implementation of the death penalty on death row feel is more draw closer to God, while the negative impact of which many are experiencing setres and mental disorders in correctional institution. 2) the second, is matters relating to the implementation of the death penalty is not in accordance with the provisions of law No.2 PNPS 1964 on procedures for the execution and not in accordance with the provisions of Perkapolri No. 5 of 2010 regarding the prosedure of execution. Conclusions from the result of this study are 1) the impact of the implementation law of the death penalty there are negative impact and positive impacts perceived and experienced death row setress highest when entering the isolation room. Then a second conclusion is related to the legal system is both legal structure of law enforcement officers in carrying out their duties are not statutory, then legal substance is associated rule execution period is not defined in the legislation so that it becomes one factor the postponement of the execution, and the third is the legal culture, when death row was executed in public, it will cause a negative impact the form of the families were going to stamp ugly in eyes of society.

In Their Own Words

2016 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 376-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maranda A. Upton ◽  
Tabitha M. Carwile ◽  
Kristina S. Brown
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
Prison Population ◽  
The United States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Common Theme ◽  
Death Row ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Death Row Inmates

Last statements have been a common practice as part of capital punishment as far back as the 1300s in Europe. In the United States, the first execution occurred in 1608, and currently, 32 states have the death penalty. In 1991, Missouri integrated death row inmates into the general prison population, which makes this population unique compared with other death row populations across the United States. This article is a qualitative study on the themes found in the last statements of 46 capitally punished inmates in Missouri from 1995 to 2011. The purpose of this study was to determine if capital punishment inmates being housed in the general population had an impact on an inmate’s last statement prior to execution. Three domains emerged from these last statements: life, death, and execution. The most common theme identified was love while the least common theme was acceptance. The themes found in this research were consistent with previous studies which looked at inmates executed in Texas where inmates sentenced to capital punishment are separated from the general prison population. Implications, limitations, and future research areas are discussed.

Disenfranchised Grief and Nonfinite Loss as Experienced by the Families of Death Row Inmates

2007 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra J. Jones ◽  
Elizabeth Beck
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Death And Dying ◽  
Family Members ◽  
The United States ◽  
Grief And Loss ◽  
Disenfranchised Grief ◽  
Death Row ◽  
Loved One ◽  
Death Row Inmates

The families of death row inmates experience grief and loss issues that have been neglected by scholars and clinicians alike. The issues found in this population are unique and require our understanding. The present study uses the concepts of disenfranchised grief and nonfinite loss to uncover the pain experienced by the children and other family members who have a loved one on death row. Kenneth Doka's (1989) concept of disenfranchised grief is utilized to bring attention to the ways in which the circumstances surrounding an execution leave the family members of those condemned to death outside of the “grieving rules” that exist in the United States. Family members are disenfranchised from their grief, as society does not socially validate their pain. The loss that they feel is also nonfinite (Bruce & Schultz, 2001) in that it is continuous and denies the families all of the hopes, dreams, and expectations that they had for their loved one who now sits on death row. The qualitative interview method was utilized by the authors of this study to gather data from 26 family members of death row inmates who are incarcerated along the East Coast of the United States. The reactions of this group of family members are varied and complex, yet they include the following common responses: social isolation due to stigma and their own feelings of criminalization, intensified family conflict between family members who grieve differently from one another, diminished self-esteem, shame, diffused and specific feelings of guilt, and a chronic state of despair. This study explores virtually untapped terrain. An examination of the microlevel effects of the death penalty on families provides insight in to the area of death and dying, especially as it is related to disenfranchised loss and nonfinite grief. In addition, this study provides insight into the death penalty and its effects.

scholarly journals Colonial inclusivity : historical education and state capacity in post-colonial states

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Tiffanesha Williams
Keyword(s):  
State Capacity ◽  
State Building ◽  
The State ◽  
Indigenous Populations ◽  
Causal Mechanism ◽  
Colonial State ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Contemporary State ◽  
Colonial Policy ◽  
Historical Education

The contribution of this dissertation is to show that colonial state building efforts were more successful in the long term when the state invested in education for the colonized population. This argument builds upon recent literature showing that state cooptation of indigenous populations can facilitate state building, but I go further in arguing that colonial policy was not only cooptation, but in some contexts inclusive, leading the population to be vested in and participants in the state. I develop an argument for the influence of the causal mechanism, colonial inclusivity, on contemporary state capacity in post-colonial states. Through a qualitative and quantitative investigation of this mechanism, I find that the investment in and the colonized population's access to quality education during the colonial period reaps positive gains for contemporary state capacity.

scholarly journals Innocence is Not Enough: The Public Life of Death Row Exonerations

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-232
Author(s):  
Austin Sarat ◽  
Natalie Morgan ◽  
Willa Grimes ◽  
Obed Narcisse ◽  
Jeremy Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Public Life ◽  
News Coverage ◽  
Wrongful Convictions ◽  
Death Row ◽  
The Public ◽  
Death Row Inmates

AbstractMiscarriages of justice and wrongful convictions are a pervasive reality in America's criminal justice system. In this paper we examine news coverage of miscarriages of justice in the death penalty system and the release of death row inmates to understand what we call the public life of exonerations. We examine the way newspapers tell the story of exonerations and the various tilts and tendencies that characterize their presentations. We focus on the five states which, from 1972–2019, had ten or more exonerations. During that period, they were Florida, Illinois, Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. We conclude that the public discourse surrounding exoneration, while providing evidence of the death penalty system's most consequential flaws, serves as much to preserve that system as to challenge it.

The Death Penalty in the 21st Century

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel LaChance
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The United States ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Death Row ◽  
The Great Recession ◽  
2016 Election ◽  
Death Row Inmates

The dawn of the 21st century marked a turning point in the history of the American death penalty. Politically, the death penalty seemed vulnerable. A wave of abolitionism not seen since the Progressive Era took hold in the 2000s, as six states abandoned the death penalty, and governors in five others instituted moratoria, promising to use their executive power to stay all executions while they remained in office. While the Supreme Court remained committed to the constitutionality of the death penalty, it slowly chipped away at it in a series of decisions that narrowed the range of persons whom the state could execute. Public support for the death penalty, already in decline during the late 1990s, continued to fall in the 21st century. A number of factors depressed support for the death penalty to levels not seen since the early 1970s: a decline in violent crime and fear of crime; highly publicized DNA-based exonerations of death-row inmates; and wariness of the cost of maintaining the death penalty, particularly during the great recession of the late 2000s. The use of the death penalty was declining as well. The expansion of life without parole as an alternative punishment in the 1990s and 2000s gave juries in some states harsh alternatives to death sentences that they did not previously have. Longer-term changes to the judicial and penal administration of the death, meanwhile, continued to make the path between conviction and execution longer and more difficult for state officials to traverse. Most offenders sentenced to death since the 1970s were not (or have not yet been) put to death, and the average wait on death row for those who have been executed has grown to over a decade and a half. Growing problems with the practice of lethal injection, meanwhile, have posed new problems for states seeking to execute capital defendants in the 2000s, producing new legal battles and bringing executions nationwide to a temporary halt in 2007–2008. The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency of the United States, however, may portend a slowing or reversing Americans’ 21st-century turn away from the death penalty.

scholarly journals EKSEKUSI MATI DI INDONESIA (Perspektif Teori Hudud Muhammad Syahrur)

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 94-108
Author(s):  
Hannani Hannani
Keyword(s):  
Death Penalty ◽  
Death Row ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
Death Row Inmates

Abstract: This paper will examine the execution of death in Indonesia with the view of Hudud Muhammad Syahrur Theory. The execution of the death penalty imposed by the Indonesian government on the law's injunction against death row inmates involved in serious crimes such as terrorist leader, narcotics producer. Death penalty is not enough to be seen from a positive-conceptual perspective, but it must go through a case-by-case approach, as each case has its own context and uniqueness. The death penalty to be the maximum sentence in the hudud theory of Muhammad Syahrur is called all-haddul a'la, and a minimum of one year's imprisonment as a minimum limit by Muhammad Syahrur is called al-haddul adnaa.

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