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Scholars will discuss death penalty at University of Richmond School of Law

October 5, 2007

Three nationally known scholars will discuss and debate death penalty issues at the University of Richmond School of Law Oct. 18 at 4 p.m., in the law school's faculty lounge. A reception will follow. The event is free and open to the public.

Each professor will speak for approximately 15 minutes, and then the panel will take audience questions. The program will focus on the influence of contemporary culture on the Supreme Court's death penalty rulings, the impact of international views on the death penalty debate in the United States, and the persistence of racial and economic disparities in the application of the death penalty.

Corinna Barrett Lain, associate professor of law at the University of Richmond School of Law, will present "Deciding Death: The Supreme Court, Culture and the Limits of Legal Decision-making."

Professor Paul Marcus from William and Mary School of Law will present "Leaving the Usual Looking Glass—the Death Penalty from an International Perspective."

Professor Scott Sundby from Washington and Lee University School of Law will discuss "Can the Death Penalty Be Fairly Applied? Of Lawyers, Juries and the Search for Moral Consistency."

Mary Tate, director of Richmond Law's Institute for Actual Innocence, will moderate.

For more information, call (804) 287-8740.