CAPITAL HABEAS SEMINAR
Northern District Capital Habeas Seminar
Friday September 13, 2019
At Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
1375 East 9th Street, Floor 2
Cleveland, OH 44114-1785
*The seminar is restricted to those involved in the representation of criminal defendants. Please see registration form below.
AGENDA
8:00 – 8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 8:45 Welcome by
Stephen Newman and/or Alan Rossman for the ND CHU
Lori Riga for the FBA
8:45 – 10:00 Challenging the State’s “Scientific” Evidence: Don’t Believe Everything the State’s Crime Lab Claims
Dana Delger, Innocence Project
10:00 – 10:15 Break
10:15 – 11:45 Systemic Racism in the Education Setting
Kelly Hurst, Executive Director of Being Black in School
11:45 – 1:00 Luncheon – box lunch included with special presentation TBD
1:00 – 2:00 Why Ohio Can’t Execute Young Offenders Under 25
Tim Sweeney, John Parker, Lori Riga
2:00 – 2:45 Why Ohio Shouldn’t Execute the Severely Mentally Ill
Alan Rossman and Kevin Werner
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 Supreme Court and 6th Circuit Update
Michael Benza
3:45 – 5:00 Lethal Injection Update
Allen Bohnert
Click here for registration form
Click here for a pdf of the agenda.
Please direct any questions regarding this seminar to:
Vicki Werneke, vicki_werneke@fd.org and/or
Ashley Chinrock, Ashley_chinrock@fd.org (216) 522-4856