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1. Website. University profile. John David Bessler (born October 23, 1967) is an American attorney and academic. He is a professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law and an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. He is the husband of U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar .
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- Associate Professor of Law at University of Baltimore School of Law
- October 23, 1967 (age 55), Mankato, Minnesota
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Mar 12, 2024 · In his most recent book, Professor Bessler argues that the death penalty should be classified as torture, which would prohibit its use under international law and treaties. The reality of capital punishment, he explains, is that it is “really just a series of credible death threats.”. The capital charge is a death threat, the death sentence ...
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John Bessler In 1764, the Italian philosopher Cesare Beccaria (1738-1794) published a book, Dei delitti e delle pene, that remains one of the seminal works of the Enlightenment. A law graduate of the University of Pavia, Beccaria wrote the book in his mid-20s as a member of a Milanese literary society called L’Accademia dei pugni—the ...
Apr 19, 2018 · John Bessler, The Celebrated Marquis, Carolina Academic Press, 2018; John Bessler, The Abolitionist Movement Comes of Age: From Capital Punishment as a Lawful Sanction to a Peremptory, International Law Norm Barring Executions, Montana Law Review, Winter 2018. See Books, Law Reviews, and International.
Oct 18, 2017 · Bessler emphasizes that he does not mean that the administration of capital punishment is torturous, for this is a claim that has been made by other scholars such as Professor William Schabas. 1 Instead, Bessler argues that as a conceptual matter, state sanctioned executions are torture under the definition in Article 1 of the United Nations ...
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Dec 8, 2023 · In this month’s episode of Discussions with DPIC, Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with John Bessler (pictured), Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Professor Bessler is the author of several books on the death penalty, including his 2023 book The Death Penalty’s Denial of Fundamental Human Rights ...
Jan 10, 2024 · Professor of Law. jbessler@ubalt.edu. 410.837.4690. John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 1106. Administrative Assistant: Tiffany Ralph. 410.837.4561. John and Frances Angelos Law Center, Room 1112.
