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University of Oregon
March 1-2, 2002
A conference sponsored by the
Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, featuring:
Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking
Mark Hatfield, former U.S. Senator and Oregon governor
Stephen B. Bright, director of the Southern Center for Human
Rights
Robert Blecker, writer and New York Law School professor
Bryan Stevenson, director of Alabama's Equal Justice Initiative
Charles J. Ogfetree Jr., defense attorney and Harvard legal
scholar
For more information:
http://www.morsechair.uoregon.edu/deathpen.shtml
(541) 346-3700
EO/AA/ADA institution committed to cultural diversity.
‘The Law and Polities of the Death Penalty’
Featured speakers:
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former Oregon Gov. Mark
Hatfield, Sister Helen
Prejean, Steven 8. Bright,
Harvard Law Professor
Charles Ogletree Jr.,
Illinois Gov. George
Ryan, Bryan Stevenson,
New York Law School
Robert Sleeker
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the 2001-02 Wayne Morse chair
professor of law and politics at the
University. Ogletree, who has spo
ken frequently about racism in the
U.S. criminal justice system, called
the current system of capital pun
ishment flawed and said now is a
“most appropriate time” to discuss
the issue of the death penalty in the
United States.
The death penalty “is flawed in
it’s application and goes against
the views of the majority of the
world’s democratic governments,”
Ogletree said.
He added that recent advances in
DNA evidence have contributed to
numerous death sentences being
overturned, and more such cases are
pending. Given the permanence of a
death sentence, it’s vital to take an in
depth look at the issue, he said.
“We keep seeing cases where
people are getting it wrong,” he
said. “It’s time to step back and say
‘wait a minute, why are we making
these mistakes?’”
The conference will also include
keynote addresses from such nota
bles as former Oregon Gov. Mark
Hatfield, Sister Helen Prejean, au
thor of the book “Dead Man Walk
ing,” and Illinois Gov. George Ryan
— who suspended that state’s death
penalty amid doubts about the guilt
of death row inmates.
Ryan, who agreed to participate
in the conference just a few weeks
ago, was actually one of the legis
lators who helped reinstate Illi
nois’ death penalty in 1977. But
after discovering that 13 men had
been wrongly convicted and sen
tenced to die, Ryan surprised the
world in January 2000 by an
nouncing a moratorium on capital
punishment in Illinois.
According to his spokesman
Dennis Culloton, Ryan’s decision to
attend the conference was part of
the governor’s larger search into his
own support of the death penalty.
“The governor is very much on a
journey,” Culloton said. “He hasn’t
made up his mind on the big picture.”
Morse Center director Margaret
Hallock said the conference was al
ready a success, just from the sheer
number of people who have offered
to participate. And she credits that
success to Ogletree.
“I’ve never organized a confer
ence where everyone invited
agreed to attend,” she said. “This
conference is a gift that we are able
to enjoy because of (Ogletree’s)
presence as Morse Professor.”
Keynote addresses will be held
in the EMU Ballroom. They are free
and open to the public. The entire
conference schedule can be found
online at www.morsechair.uore
gon.edu.
E-mail higher education editor Leon Tovey
at leontovey@dailyemerald.com.
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at the San Quentin State Prison in
California. There are many limita
tions on incarcerated artists, said
Rasmussen, and Anderson was
anxious for a chance to display
his paintings.
“They can’t just walk into a
gallery and show their work,”
she said.
Rasmussen added that inmates
are not allowed to profit from the
sale of their work. Artwork by five
death row inmates, including An
derson, will be shown.
Accompanying this work will be
two sets of photographs about the
death penalty. Ziebell, a Texas pho
tographer, will present a series doc
umenting inmate’s final meals. Ken
Light, author of “Texas Death Row,”
will show portraits of individuals
on death row.
Religious studies major W. Mor
gen Smith will be presenting two
performance art pieces for the
opening reception on Saturday.
They will focus on the rites of last
meals and words. Smith said the
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“last words” piece is about the last
words of women on death row
and their relationship with a high
er power.
“It has a lot to do with women
finding God or Jesus while they’re
on death row,” Smith said.
The “last meal” piece uses in
formation from the Texas Depart
ment of Criminal Justice that lists
all last meal requests made from
1973 to the present. Smith ex
plained how one man didn’t
want to eat, but his mom insisted
that he eat something before he
died, so he had a burger. Another
man wanted dirt for a voodoo rit
ual, and another requested Com
munion.
“People request the oddest
things,” Smith said.
The exhibit is being held in con
junction with “The Law and Poli
tics of the Death Penalty: Abolition,
Moratorium or Reform” conference
presented by the Wayne Morse
Center on Law and Policy in the
School of Law on March 1 and 2.
Keynote speakers will include
Helen Prejean, author of “Dead
Man Walking” and Charles Ogle
tree, Jr., a Harvard University le
gal scholar. Panel discussions
will be held concerning the im
pact of capital punishment on
victims and families and the rela
tionship between race, gender
and the death penalty.
The Adell McMillian Gallery
is located near the EMU Ball
room. For more information, call
346-4373.
E-mail reporter AlixKerl
at alixkerl@dailyemerald.com.