2009 CLE Programs
THE TENNESSEE LAW REVIEW and the
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF LAW present:
A DEATH PENALTY COLLOQUIUM:
THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF THE DEATH PENALTY
AND A SPECIAL PRESENTATION OF “THE EXONERATED”
Friday and Saturday, February 6 and 7, 2009
Approved for 6 Hours of (General) CLE Credit (fee $150)
The Schedule
Friday, February 6 Room 132 College of Law
2:45 p.m. Check-in
3:15 p.m. Douglas A. Blaze, Dean, University of Tennessee College of Law
Welcome and Remarks
3:30-4:00 p.m. Keynote
Judge Gilbert Merritt
Prosecutorial Malfeasance in Death Penalty Cases
4:00-4:30 p.m. Hugo Adam Bedau
Racism, Wrongful Convictions, and the Death Penalty
4:30-5:00 p.m. David Baldus
Evidence of Discrimination in the Use of the Death Penalty: A story from Southwest Arkansas
8:00 p.m. University Center Auditorium
“The Exonerated” (in cooperation with the UT Department of Theatre)
Saturday, February 7 Room 132 College of Law
9:00-9:30 a.m. Christopher Seeds
An Empirical Look at Atkins and its Application in Capital Cases
9:30-10:00 a.m. Pamela A. Wilkins
Competency for Execution: The Implications of a Communicative Model of Retribution
10:00-10:30 a.m. Lyn Entzeroth
The Death Penalty and Medicating the Mentally Ill for Execution
10:30-11:00 a.m. Penny White
Treated Differently in Life, But Not In Death: The Execution of Those with Severe Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities After Atkins v. Virginia
11:00-11:15 a.m. Break
11:15-11:45 a.m. Keynote
Steve Bright
New Jersey’s Reconsideration of the Death Penalty, Justice John Paul Stevens, and the Implications for the Future of Capital Punishment
11:45-1:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:30-2:00 p.m. Deborah Denno
The Eighth Amendment Backdrop of Baze v. Rees
2:00-2:30 p.m Stephen R. Johnson
Due Process and the Innocence Issue
2:30-3:00 p.m. Dwight Aarons
Adjudicating Claims of Innocence for the Capitally Condemned in Tennessee
3:00-3:30 p..m. Bradley MacLean
Effective Capital Defense Representation and the Difficult Client
Register below:
If you are seeking CLE credit, completing this form will hold your place until we receive your check for $150. Make check payable to "The Tennessee Law Review" and mail to Micki Fox, 1505 W. Cumberland Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37996-1810.
Any questions relating to CLE credit, please call Micki at 865 974-8601.