Alexandra L. Klein

Washington and Lee University - School of Law

Assistant Professor of Law

Lexington, VA 24450

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

9

DOWNLOADS

572

TOTAL CITATIONS

0

Scholarly Papers (9)

1.

Nondelegating Death

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 81 , 2020
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 12 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2020
Alexandra L. Klein
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
Downloads 125 (488,786)

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death penalty, capital punishment, non-delegation, lethal injection, separation of powers, method of execution

2.

When Police Volunteer to Kill

74 Fla. L. Rev. 205 (2022)
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 19 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2022
Alexandra L. Klein
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
Downloads 84 (644,477)

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Capital Punishment, Firing Squad, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment, Punishment, Retribution, Law Enforcement

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The Eighth Amendment's Paper Tiger: Pain, Executions, and the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 25 Sep 2024
Alexandra L. Klein
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
Downloads 83 (649,131)

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Constitutional Law, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment, Capital Punishment, Supreme Court, Bucklew v. Precythe, Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause, Glossip v. Gross, Baze v. Rees, Executions, Execution Litigation, Lethal Injection

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The 2022 Alabama Executions and the Crisis of American Capital Punishment

24 Nev. L.J. 1 (2024)
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 24 Jan 2024 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2024
Alexandra L. Klein
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
Downloads 82 (653,673)

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capital punishment, death penalty, Alabama, botched executions, lethal injection, nitrogen hypoxia

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'Only to Have a Say in the Way He Dies': Bodily Autonomy and Methods of Execution

99 Univ. Det. Mercy L. Rev. 323 (2022)
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 23 Aug 2022
Alexandra L. Klein
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
Downloads 61 (768,820)

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Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Bodily Autonomy, Autonomy, Punishment, Executions, Dignity

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Kennedy v. Louisiana and the Future of the Eighth Amendment

52 Pepperdine Law Review
Number of pages: 86 Posted: 10 Apr 2025
Alexandra L. Klein
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
Downloads 53 (824,485)

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Death Penalty, Kennedy v. Louisiana, Eighth Amendment, Capital Punishment, Democracy, Supreme Court, Stealth Overruling, City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, Stare Decisis, Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Evolving Standards of Decency

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Certiorari Transparency

2026 Illinois Law Review (Forthcoming 2026)
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Apr 2025
Alexandra L. Klein and Michael L. Smith
Washington and Lee University - School of Law and St. Mary's University School of Law
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United States Supreme Court, court reform, certiorari, transparency, candor, legitimacy, judicial restraint, judicial discretion

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Comment: The Project of Freedom

80 Washington and Lee Law Review 607 (2023)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 04 May 2023
Alexandra L. Klein
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
Downloads 21 (1,145,497)

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Autonomy, Freedom, Mass Incarceration, Dignity

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Meaningless Guarantees: Comment on Mitchell E. McCloy's 'Blind Justice: Virginia's Jury Sentencing Scheme and Impermissible Burdens on a Defendant's Right to a Jury Trial'

78 Washington and Lee Law Review 585 (2022)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 01 Sep 2022
Alexandra L. Klein
Washington and Lee University - School of Law
Downloads 17 (1,194,808)

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Jury, Sixth Amendment, Constitutional Law, Sentencing Recommendations, Jury Sentencing, Discrimination, Criminal Procedure