He crucified people for no reason. If Jesus was convicted of anything, it was by his own admission. You can't convict anyone of their own admission in Jewish law. In order to establish anything in biblical law, you need two witnesses. Furthermore, she added, Jews could not be responsible for the crucifixion because capital punishment as prescribed by Jewish law only allows for a quick death, via stoning, suffocation, burning or the sword.
Crucifixion is a slow, tortuous death.
Shaked has lectured on this topic for eight years. But she first began examining the legal implications and probabilities of a Jewish role in Jesus' crucifixion while studying in Israel. Israeli Supreme Court Justice Haim Cohen pioneered legal analysis of the trial. A student of Cohen's, Shaked approached him about authoring a book for the general public. He offered his whole-hearted support.