Death Penalty Debate at Vanderbilt Law

Vanderbilt Law's Flynn Auditorium will be the site of a death penalty debate between two capital punishment experts today--one day before the scheduled execution of John Allen Muhammed, who has been convicted of planning executing the 2002 "sniper attacks" in Washington D.C. that left 10 dead.

The experts will be Ken Haas, professor of sociology and criminal justice from the University of Delaware, arguing for the abolition of the death penalty, and District Attorney Joshua Marquis of Clatsop County, Oregon, in favor of the death penalty.

Law Professor Christopher Slobogin, an expert in criminal procedure, mental health law and evidence law, will moderate.

The debate is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Law School's Hyatt Fund and Law Students for Social Justice.