University of Tennessee - ACS Presents: A Panel on Capital Punishment in America

Join the American Constitution Society at UTK Winston College of Law for a discussion of the death penalty and its place in the American legal system. This panel will explore the constitutional foundations and challenges of capital punishment, the realities of defending capital cases, and the future of the death penalty in the United States. Featuring Professor Dwight Aarons, Professor Scott Sundby, Assistant Federal Defender Luke Ihnen, and Assistant Federal Defender Marshall Jensen, and moderated by Professor Eliza Boles, the panel will bring together perspectives from constitutional scholarship and the practice of capital defense to examine one of the most consequential issues in American criminal justice.