'Death Penalty Litigation in Michigan' focus of FBA brown bag event

The Criminal Practice Committee of the Federal Bar Association will present "Death Penalty Litigation in Michigan" on Friday, Feb. 18. The State of Michigan abolished the death penalty more than 150 years ago, but there are still death penalty cases here. The death penalty is an available sanction for a limited number of federal crimes, and prosecutors in Michigan have sought the death penalty in recent federal criminal cases in the state. A distinguished panel of experts will discuss federal death penalty cases in Michigan and will offer thoughts and observations on issues including how prosecutors choose whether to seek the death penalty, how the availability of the death penalty influences jury selection, how a potential death sentence influences both defense and prosecution trial strategy, whether judges approach death penalty cases differently, and the unique procedures involved in the penalty phase of a capital case. Panelists will include U.S. District Court Judge Arthur Tarnow, Eastern District of Michigan; Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Lemisch, chief of the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan; attorney Richard Kammen, counsel for several capital defendants; attorney Juliet Yackel, death penalty sentencing mitigation specialist; and Harold Gurewtiz, local defense attorney in death penalty case. The program will be conducted Friday, Feb. 18, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room 115 of the Federal Courthouse. This is a "brown bag" event, and audience members should feel free to bring a lunch. Published: Tue, Dec 21, 2010

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