That the title of a two-day program at UT Law, November 2 and 3. It's subtitled, "Perspectives and Retrospectives on Landmark Death Penalty Cases." The symposium brings together a number of contributors to a new book, Capital Punishment Stories, which will be available in 2008. More information is here. A press release is here.
The symposium is cosponsored by the Capital Punishment Center at UT Law and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law at UT Law. Here is the schedule:
Program: Friday, November 2
- Welcome — 1:15 p.m.
- Panel 1 — 1:20 to 3:00 p.m.
Fundamental Challenges to the Constitutionality of the Death Penalty
- Furman v. Georgia — Carol Steiker
- Gregg v. Georgia — Hugo Bedau
- McKleskey v. Kemp — David C. Baldus*
- Panel 2 — 3:15 to 4:45 p.m.
Individualization, Proportionality, and Victim Impact
- Payne v. Tennessee — Robert C. Owen (for Austin Sarat)
- Penry v. Lynaugh — Jordan Steiker
Program: Saturday, November 3
- Panel 3 — 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Is Death Different: Heightened Reliability in the Modern Era?
- Bell v. Cone, Burdine v. Johnson — David Dow
- Simmons v. South Carolina — David Bruck
- House v. Bell — Joseph Hoffman
- Panel 4 — 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
The Moment of Execution
- Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber — Deborah Denno
- Gilmore v. Utah — John Blume
- Panetti v. Quarterman — James Marcus (James Ellis)
*Chapter co-authors John Boger, Charles Pulaski and George Woodworth
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