The Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights and the American Bar Association (ABA), in cooperation with The Constitution Project, will present "The Death Penalty: Evolving Issues in Florida," a two-hour forum on Monday, Nov. 14. Among the distinguished participants expected to provide perspective and commentary at the forum are:
- Talbot "Sandy" D’Alemberte, FSU president emeritus, former dean of the FSU College of Law and former American Bar Association president
- Raoul Cantero, former Florida Supreme Court justice
- Janet Ferris, Second Judicial Circuit judge (retired)
- O.H. Eaton, 18th Judicial Circuit judge (retired) and a former member of the ABA Florida death-penalty assessment team
- Harry Shorstein, former Fourth Judicial Circuit state attorney and former member of the ABA Florida death penalty assessment team
- Mike Minerva, CEO, Innocence Project of Florida, former 2nd Judicial Circuit public defender, and former member of the ABA Florida death-penalty assessment team
- Stephen Hanlon, chairman, The Constitution Project, and former chairman of the ABA Death Penalty Project
- Mark Olive, renowned capital case litigator
- Chris Slobogin, law professor at Vanderbilt University and former chair of the ABA Florida death-penalty assessment team
- Les Garringer, executive director of the Florida Innocence Commission and former Monroe County, Fla., judge
- Frank Patterson, dean, Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts
- State legislators who have filed death penalty-related bills for consideration during the 2012 regular legislative session
The forum is free and open to the public and will be held:
MONDAY, NOV. 14
9:30-11:30 A.M.
FSU COLLEGE OF LAW ROTUNDA
425 W. JEFFERSON ST.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
Public parking is available across the street at the Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center. To learn more, contact Mark Schlakman, senior program director of the Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, at (850) 644-4614, (850) 766-2146 or mschlakman@admin.fsu.edu.