Life and Death Decisions
Prosecutorial Discretion and Capital Punishment in Missouri

Panelists

Missouri death penalty study: Major findings and recommendations

• Katherine Barnes
  Associate Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
• David Sloss
  Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law
• Stephen Thaman
  Professor of Law, Saint Louis University School of Law

Critical evaluation of the Missouri death penalty study

• Catherine M. Grosso
  Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, University of Illinois College of Law
• Margo Schlanger
  Professor of Law, Washington University School of Law
• Christopher Slobogin
  Stephen C. O’Connell Chair and Professor of Law
  University of Florida, Levin College of Law
• Scott E. Sundby
  Sydney & Frances Lewis Professor of Law
  Washington & Lee University School of Law
• Moderator – Eric J. Miller
  Assistant Professor of Law
  Saint Louis University School of Law
  

Prosecutors discuss charging practices

• Phil Groenweghe
  Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, St. Charles County
• Jennifer Joyce
  Circuit Attorney, St. Louis City
• Robert McCulloch
  Prosecuting Attorney, St. Louis County
• James Kanatzar
  Prosecuting Attorney, Jackson County
• Moderator – David Sloss
  Professor of Law
  Saint Louis University School of Law
  
  

Policy options and recommendations

• Douglas A. Berman
  William B. Saxbe Designated Professor of Law
  Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
• Representative Bill Deeken
  Missouri House of Representatives
• Daniel M. Filler
  Professor of Law, Drexel University College of Law
• Judge Michael Wolff
  Chief Judge, Missouri Supreme Court
• Moderator – Gary Sowards
  Former Deputy Director
  California Habeas Resource Center

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