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November 17-19, 2010

Annual Death Penalty Seminar

Embassy Suites, Dublin

Open registration for this event is now closed.  If you need Rule XX certification, please contact the OACDL office @ 800.443.2626.

Death Penalty Seminar
November 17-19, 2010,   Embassy Suites, Dublin

Wednesday, November 17

7:00 – 8:00 p.m.          
Overture: Capital Litigation in Ohio:  What You Are Up Against – What Can Happen – and What to do About It.
John Parker, Cleveland; David Doughten, Cleveland

Thursday, November 18

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.          
Registration and Welcome

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.          
Overview of the Seminar; Recent Death Penalty Developments
David Stebbins, President, OACDL, Columbus

9:00 – 10:15 a.m.        
Winning Cases – 2010:  Legal Developments in the Last 12 Months;  SCOTUS, Ohio Supreme Court, 6^th Circuit
Kathleen McGarry – Glorieta, NM; Michael Benza, Cleveland

10:15 – 10:30 a.m.       break

10:30 – 11:30 a.m.      
Constitutionalizing Challenges to Bad Forensic Science
Robert Dunham, Philadelphia, PA
Federal Public Defender’s Office, Capital Habeas Unit

11:30 – 12:00 noon     
Funding – How the Ohio Public Defender Can Help
Tim Young, Ohio Public Defender, Columbus

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.         Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 2:30 p.m.          
Investigating and Using Mitigating Evidence/Litigating for the Fund for Investigation
Mark Bookman, Philadelphia, PA
Dana Cook, Philadelphia, PA

2:30 – 2:45 p.m.           break

2:45 – 3:30 p.m.          
Dealing with the Difficult Client:  Addressing a Diagnosis of Anti-Social Personality Disorder
David Doughten, Cleveland

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.          
Fair Discovery – Making the New Rule 16 Work
Ian Friedman, Cleveland

Alternative Appellate Track – Thursday Afternoon, November 18

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.          
Anatomy of a Capital Appeal
Kathleen McGarry, Glorieta, NM

1:45 – 2:30 p.m.          
Ohio Post Conviction Practice and Procedure – An Overview Applications to Re-Open; S.Ct.R. 11.6 – Practice and Procedure
Kelly Schneider and Rachel Troutman
Office of the Ohio Public Defender, Columbus

2:30 – 2:45 p.m.           break

2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Using the ABA Guidelines in Litigating IAC Claims in Habeas
Robert Dunham, Federal Public Defenders Office
Capital Habeas Unit, Philadelphia, PA

3:45 – 4:30 p.m.          
Clemency; Last Minute Litigation; the Execution Process
Carol Wright and Justin Thompson
Federal Public Defender’s Office, Capital Habeas Unit, Columbus

Friday, November 19

8:00 – 8:30 a.m.           Registration

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.          
Crawford v. Washington and Melendez-Diaz: Testimonial vs. Non-   Testimonial Statements and Reports
Russ Bensing, Cleveland

9:30 – 10:30 a.m.        
Litigating Jury Composition and Batson Challenges
Bryan Stevenson, Equal Justice Initative, Montgomery, AL

10:30 – 10:45 a.m.       break

10:45 – 11:45 a.m.      
Neurobiology of Trauma
Professor Patti van Eys, Vanderbilt University Dept. of Psychology, Nashville, TN

11:45 – 12:00 noon      Schumacher Award

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.         Lunch (provided)

1:00 – 4:30 p.m.          
Voir Dire – the Colorado Method
David Lane, Killmer, Lane and Newman, LLP, Denver, CO

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