What are the implications of these provocative but cryptic words by…

Question Answered step-by-step What are the implications of these provocative but cryptic words by… What  are the implications of these provocative but cryptic words by Robert Cover in his essay, “Violence and the Word?””Because in capital punishment the action or deed is extreme and irrevocable, there is pressure placed on the word – the interpretation that established the legal justification for the act…..Not even the façade of civility, where it exists, can obscure the violence of a death sentence….A central task of the legal interpreter is to attend to the problematic aspects of the integration of role, deed, and word, not only where violence is lacking for meaning, but also where meaning is lacking for violence.” How does the Troy Davis case exhibit the “rituals of forgetting” that Professor McCann (following jury expert Craig Haney) suggests are commonplace in capital trials?Discuss the many ways that racial bias figures into sentencing regarding death (or LWOP).  Justice Blackmun argued in Callins v Collins (1994) that the constitutional promises of consistency and individualized sentencing are irreconcilable.  What did he mean by that claim?  Do you agree?  Is that a sound reason to find the death penalty unconstitutional?The specific forms of modern executions — private, at night, out of sight and mind; conveying the image of painless, medically induced sleep — arguably at once undercut the proclaimed goals of punishment (deterrence, moral anger/retribution) and yet serve to insulate judicially authorized killings from public attention or criticism.  What do you think about these ironic implications of “how” the state kills?  Social Science Political Science POL S 363 Share QuestionEmailCopy link Comments (0)