Free and Open to the Public

The past eight years has seen a marked increase in federal death penalty prosecutions. What has caused this? What systemic problems has this trend revealed and exacerbated? What are the solutions? Please join us as an extremely knowledgeable panel with various experiences and perspectives tackles these issues.

Moderator:
RUSSELL NEUFELD
Law Office of Russell Neufeld and former Attorney-in-Charge of the Capital Division of The Legal Aid Society

Panel:
JEAN BARRETT
Partner at Ruhnke & Barrett, experienced capital defense attorney and Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel

HONORABLE FREDERIC BLOCK
United States District Judge, EDNY. Judge Block has presided over several capital trials and authored an op-ed column in The New York Times, critical of DOJ capital policy

LORETTA E. LYNCH
Partner at Hogan & Hartson and former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York

MICHAEL MANNHEIMER
Professor, Salmon P. Chase College of Law and author of When the Federal Death Penalty is Cruel and Unusual

Sponsored by: Committee on Capital Punishment, Stephen R. Greenwald, Chair Co-Sponsored by: Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section of the American Bar Association