Reflecting on a legendary capital defendant

In a year in which New Jersey abolished its death penalty and the Supreme Court has blocked all executions for the last three months, it seems appropriate on this day to reflect on history’s most famous capital defendant.  Helpfully, Professor Mark Osler has done just this kind of reflecting in a series of papers available on SSRN (which I think are part of a forthcoming book).  Here are the papers:

• Crucifixion & Execution: The Trial of Jesus Christ as a Death Penalty Sentencing Process

• Last Meal/Last Supper

• Chapter 10: The Prosecutor’s Emotion