Location
University of Richmond School of Law
Start Date
20-4-2007 2:00 PM
Description
The “Death Penalty Reform” Panel was presented by Thomas Sullivan, Erik Lillquist, and John Cunningham. Thomas Sullivan was a senior partner at Jenner Block LLP, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, co-chair of the Illinois Governor George H. Ryan's Commission on Capital Punishment, and served as chairman of the Illinois Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee. Erik Lillquist was Professor of Law at Seton Hall School of Law where he was Director of the Institute of Law, Science and Technology. John Cunningham was a Senior Trial Attorney with the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division at the United States Department of Justice. This panel was moderated by Corinna Lain, Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law.
The “Current Issues in Capital Cases” Panel was presented by Michael Herring, the Commonwealth Attorney for the City of Richmond; Matthew Geary, the Chief Deputy of the Commonwealth's Attorney Office in the City of Richmond; and Craig Cooley, one of the region’s most respected trial attorneys. This panel was moderated by John Douglass, Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law.
Included in
Death Penalty in America: Perceptions, Reflection, and Reform
University of Richmond School of Law
The “Death Penalty Reform” Panel was presented by Thomas Sullivan, Erik Lillquist, and John Cunningham. Thomas Sullivan was a senior partner at Jenner Block LLP, former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, co-chair of the Illinois Governor George H. Ryan's Commission on Capital Punishment, and served as chairman of the Illinois Capital Punishment Reform Study Committee. Erik Lillquist was Professor of Law at Seton Hall School of Law where he was Director of the Institute of Law, Science and Technology. John Cunningham was a Senior Trial Attorney with the Employment Litigation Section of the Civil Rights Division at the United States Department of Justice. This panel was moderated by Corinna Lain, Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law.
The “Current Issues in Capital Cases” Panel was presented by Michael Herring, the Commonwealth Attorney for the City of Richmond; Matthew Geary, the Chief Deputy of the Commonwealth's Attorney Office in the City of Richmond; and Craig Cooley, one of the region’s most respected trial attorneys. This panel was moderated by John Douglass, Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law.
Comments
“Each year the Allen Chair edition of the Law Review focuses on a legal issue of local and national interest. This year's publication, which marks the fifteenth anniversary of the Allen Chair, focuses on the importance of continued discourse on the death penalty. Today's panels were assembled as a compliment to the publication and we hope that you find the panelists' knowledge and experience insightful. The Law Review believes this event and the Allen Chair edition will be a valuable addition to the existing discourse and literature on the death penalty.” –from the event program