Robert Blecker
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Robert Blecker is an American academic, lawyer, prosecutor and professor of Law at New York Law School.[1] He is well known as a defender of the death penalty. Philosophically, Blecker is a retributivist, and is a public advocate for this theory of punishment.[2]
Blecker was featured in the documentary Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead, which documents his personal relationship with death-row inmate and convicted mass murderer Daryl Holton.
Career
[edit]After graduating with a BA degree from Tufts University in 1969, Blecker gained his JD degree from Harvard Law School in 1974. Blecker then worked as an assistant in the office the Attorney General of New York from 1974-75, and was a graduate fellow at Harvard University from 1976-77.[3][4]
He is a Professor at New York Law School, specializing in criminal and constitutional law.[5]
External Links
[edit][1]https://edition.cnn.com/2013/08/22/opinion/blecker-death-penalty/index.html
[2]https://www.robertblecker.com/
References
[edit]- ^ "New York Law School :: Robert Blecker". 2013-09-02. Archived from the original on 2013-09-02. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
- ^ CNN, Robert Blecker,Special to (2013-08-22). "With death penalty, let punishment truly fit the crime". CNN. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Robert Blecker | LinkedIn". www.linkedin.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-28. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ^ "Bio". Robert Blecker. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
- ^ "Robert Blecker". New York Law School. Retrieved 2025-03-02.
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