Volume 29, Number 2 (2003) Gilvary Symposium: Evolving Standards of Decency in 2003: Is the Death Penalty on Life Support?
On September 25, 2003, and October 9-10, 2003, the University of Dayton School of Law hosted the Honorable James J. Gilvary Symposium on Law, Religion & Social Justice, entitled, "Evolving Standards Of Decency In 2003: ls The Death Penalty On Life Support?" This year's Gilvary Symposium examined the legal, moral, and practical issues surrounding the use of capital punishment.Front Matter
Cover and Front Matter, Volume 29, Number 2
University of Dayton
Keynote Address — Evolving Standards of Decency in 2003: Is the Death Penalty on Life Support?
Erwin Chemerinsky
Symposium
The Death Penalty Experiment: The Facts behind the Conclusions
Eugene Droder III
The Innocence Revolution and Our "Evolving Standards of Decency" in Death Penalty Jurisprudence
Mark A. Godsey and Thomas Pulley
Evolving Standards of Decency: Cracks in the Foundation
Denise LeBoeuf
Conscience of a Catholic Judge
Michael R. Merz
Drunk, Sleeping, and Incompetent Lawyers: Is It Possible to Keep Innocent People off Death Row?
Ira Mickenberg
Capital Punishment and the Citizens of Ohio
John Murphy
Retribution and the Death Penalty
Andrew Oldenquist