“Nearly 40 years ago, this Court upheld the death penalty under statutes that, in the Court's view, contained safeguards sufficient to ensure that the penalty would be applied reliably and not arbitrarily. . . . The circumstances and the evidence of the death penalty's application have changed radically since then. Given those changes, I believe that it is now time to reopen the question.” ~Justice Stephen Breyer, Dissenting Glossip v. Gross, 135 S. Ct. 2726, 2755 (2015).

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2016
Friday, November 11th
8:30 AM

Check-in/Registration

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM
9:00 AM

Opening Remarks

James Speta
Kevin Barry
Stephen Laudone

Thorne Auditorium

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
9:30 AM

Break

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM
9:45 AM

The Death Penalty: Historical and Doctrinal Perspectives

Deborah Tuerkheimer
Jordan Steiker
Carol Steiker
Douglas Berman
Kent Scheidegger
Jon Gould

9:45 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM

Break

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM
11:15 AM

Empirical Approaches to Studying the Death Penalty

Rob Owen
Catherine Grosso
Barbara O'Brien
Meredith Rountree

Thorne Auditorium

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM
12:30 PM

Break

12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
1:45 PM

Additional Death Penalty Considerations

Deborah Tuerkheimer
Brandon Garrett
Alex Jakubow
Austin Sarat

Thorne Auditorium

1:45 PM - 3:00 PM
3:00 PM

Break

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM

Twilight of the Death Penalty?

Meredith Rountree,
Kevin Barry
Rob Smith
Anthony Farley
Ben Jones

Thorne Auditorium, 375 E. Chicago Ave., 60611

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM
4:30 PM

Closing Remarks

Thorne Auditorium, 375 E. Chicago Ave., 60611

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM