Dwight L. Aarons
Associate Professor of Law
B.A., 1986, and J.D., 1989, University of California, Los Angeles
Dwight Aarons
Selected Publications
Articles
Reflections on The Killing State: A Cultural Study of the Death Penalty in the Twentieth Century United States? 70 Tenn. L. Rev. 391 (2003).
Pioneers in the Legal Profession: Some of the First African American and Women Lawyers in Tennessee, 35 Tenn. Bar J. (Nov. 1999).
Can Inordinate Delay Between a Death Sentence and Execution Constitute Cruel and Unusual Punishment?, 29 Seton Hall L. Rev. 147 (1998) (excerpted in Capital Punishment: A Balanced Examination, 576-585 [edited by Evan J. Mandery 2005])
Getting Out of This Mess: Steps Toward Addressing and Avoiding Inordinate Delay in Capital Cases, 89 J. of Crim. Law and Criminology 1 (1998).
Disciplinary Differences, Barrister Magazine (Fall 1995).
Recent Professional Presentations and Service
Member, Board of Directors, Federal defender Services of East Tennessee, 2000-present.
Works in Progress
Articles on criminal law and the death penalty.
Revised Feb. 15, 2007