Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation's
29th Annual Conference Agenda

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27

 

●          11:00 – 2:00      REGISTRATION

 

●          2:00 – 2:30        WELCOME

                                    Ward A. Campbell, President, AGACL

 

●                                  Opening Remarks

 

                                    The Honorable James P. Fox, District Attorney, San Mateo County

                                    President, National Association of District Attorneys 2007–2008

                                    Member, California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice

 

●          2:30 – 3:00        CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, MORAL LAW, AND AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

 

                                    The Honorable Janice Rogers Brown, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Washington, D.C.

 

            3:00 – 4:00        VICTIMS’ RIGHTS

                                    Douglas Beloof, Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon

 

●          4:00 – 4:15        BREAK

 

●          4:15 – 5:30        CASE HISTORY – UNITED STATES V. RONELL WILSON

                                    Morris Fodeman, Deputy Chief, General Crimes

                                    Colleen Kavanagh, Assistant U.S. Attorney

                                    United States Attorney’s Office, Brooklyn, New York

 

●          6:00 – 7:30        RECEPTION

 

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28

 

●          8:00 – 8:30        REGISTRATION

 

●          8:30 – 10:00      SUPREME COURT UPDATE

                                    Dane R. Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General, California Attorney General’s Office, San Francisco, California

 

●          10:00 – 10:15     BREAK

 

●          10:15 – 11:30     PROSECUTORIAL ETHICS 

                        James G. Sotos, James G. Sotos & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois

 

●          11:30 – 12:30     TO BE ANNOUNCED

 

●          12:30 – 1:45      LUNCH ON OWN

 

●          1:45 – 2:45        CAPITAL CASE REFORM:  OVERVIEW ON EFFECTS OF

                                    COMMISSIONS, CAPITAL JURY PROJECT, INNOCENCE

                                    PROJECTS

                        The Honorable John J. Kinsella, Circuit Judge, DuPage County Courthouse, Wheaton, Illinois

 

●          2:45 – 3:00        BREAK

 

●          3:00 – 5:00        PENALTY PHASES:  TRIAL AND POSTCONVICTION PERSPECTIVE

                                    Angela Backers, Assistant District Attorney, Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, Oakland, California

                                    Holly Wilkens, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Office of Attorney General, San Diego, California

 

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29

 

●          8:30 – 9:30        JUSTICE AND SCIENCE:  DNA EVIDENCE

                                    The Honorable George W. Clarke, Judge, Superior Court, County of San Diego, San Diego, California

                                    (author:  “Justice and Science: Trials and Triumphs of DNA Evidence” (2007))

 

●          9:30 – 10:00      AWARDS CEREMONY

 

●          10:00 – 10:15     REGIONAL CAUCUSES, ELECTIONS OF VICE PRESIDENTS

 

●          10:15 – 10:30     BREAK

 

Appellate Breakout   

 

●          10:30 – 11:15     PERSPECTIVE FROM THE SUPREME COURT CLERK’S OFFICE

                                    Danny Bickell, Deputy Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C.

 

●          11:15 – 12:30     LETHAL INJECTION, POST-BAZE

Richard C. Vorhis, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia

 

●          12:30 – 2:00      LUNCH ON OWN

 

●          2:00 – 3:15        POST CONVICTION INVESTIGATIONS:  JURY MISCONDUCT

                                    Katherine P. Baldwin, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia

 

●          3:15 – 3:30        BREAK

 

●          3:30 – 5:15        SURVIVING HABEAS [Attendees should prepare questions, ideas, and topics in advance.]

 

                                     Ronald Eisenberg, Deputy District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

                                     J. Kirk Brown, Solicitor General, Lincoln, Nebraska

 

Trial Breakout

 

●          10:30 – 12:30     PRETRIAL MOTIONS IN DEATH PENALTY CASES

            The Honorable Gregg Prickett, Judge, Orange County Superior Court, Fullerton, California

 

●          12:30 – 2:00      LUNCH ON OWN

 

●          2:00 – 3:00        CHARGING DECISIONS IN CAPITAL CASES

Margaret Griffey, Chief, Capital Case Unit, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC

 

●          3:00 – 4:00        JURY SELECTION IN DEATH PENALTY CASES

Tracy Prior, Deputy District Attorney, Office of the San Diego County District Attorney, San Diego, California

 

●          4:00 - 4:15         BREAK

 

●          4:15 – 5:15        HOW TO DEAL WITH YOUR  OWN EXPERT

                                    William Lee Hon, Polk County Criminal District Attorney, Livingston, Texas

 

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30

 

●          9:00 – 11:00      MENTAL ISSUES

                                    Dr. Park Dietz, Park Dietz and Associates, Inc., Newport Beach, California

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