The death penalty committee has put together a fantastic agenda again this year! We will be at Nationwide Conference Center, 100 Green Meadows Drive South, Lewis Center, OH 43035. We have reserved a block of rooms at the rate of $137.00/night (not including tax). The link to reserve a room: Click Here to Book Rooms for the 2022 OACDL Death Penalty Conference
OACDL will be applying for scholarships made available through the Office of the Ohio Public Defender for attorneys who have represented a criminal case in Ohio on a pro bono basis, or for full-time staff employees of a public defender agency. Scholarships must be applied for using the scholarship registration form. Once we know the status of the scholarships, we will post the form. Please do not register online for a scholarship. Scholarship applications MUST be on approved registration form.
Online registration for the seminar is now open! Register Now
To download the brochure: 2022 DP Brochure
To print out and mail/fax registration form with payment, click here: DP 2022 Registration Form
To download the agenda, click here: 2022 DP Agenda
AGENDA
| Thursday, November 17th | |
| 8:00 - 8:30a | Registration |
| 8:30 - 9:00a |
Introduction - Recent Death Penalty and Method of Execution Litigation Developments Speaker: David Stebbins |
| 9:00 - 10:15a |
Caselaw Update - Ohio and US Supreme Courts Speaker: Russ Bensing, Cleveland |
| 10:15 -10:15a | Break |
| 10:30a - 12:00p |
Uncovering & Explaining Long-Term Consequences of Childhood Trauma Speakers:
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| 12 - 1p | Lunch |
| 1:00 - 2:30p |
Using Social Media for Mitigation Investigation & Presentation Speakers: Mitigation Specialists
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| 2:30 - 2:454p | Break |
| APPELLATE BREAKOUT | |
| 2:45 - 3:45p |
Effective Brief Writing & Oral Argument in the Supreme Court of Ohio in Capital Cases Speakers:
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| 3:45 - 4:45p |
State v Bethel and other Developments in Litigating Post-Conviction Claims in State Court Speakers:
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| TRIAL BREAKOUT | |
| 2:45p - 3:45p |
Aggressive and Meaningful Motion Practice at Trial Speakers:
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| 3:45 - 4:45p |
What's Race Got to do With Capital Trials? Speakers:
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| Friday, November 19th |
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| 8:30 - 10:00a |
Ohio’s Serious Mental Illness Exemption: Overview; Litigation Strategies after the Petition is Filed; Additional Evaluations, Discovery, Preparing for and Conducting an Evidentiary Hearing Speakers:
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| 10:00 - 10:15a | Break |
| 10:15 - 11:15a |
What Influences Death Penalty Jurors’ Moral Decision-Making? Speaker:
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| 11:15 - 12:15p |
A View from the Trial Bench Speaker:
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| 12:15 - 1:15p | Lunch |
| 1:15- 2:30p |
Ethics and Best Practices for Capital Litigators: the ABA Guidelines and Supplemental Guidelines Speakers:
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| 2:30 - 2:45p | Break |
| 2:45-4:00p |
Media Relations in Capital Cases: Early Decisions in Storytelling and Narrative Development. Moderator: David Stebbins, Columbus Speakers:
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