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SUMMARY:Morality and Efficacy of Criminal Law (in America) – An Advocate
 ’s View - Rid Dasgupta
DTSTART:20110215T190000Z
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CONTACT:Krishnaa Mahbubani
DESCRIPTION:How does criminal justice in America\, especially in the State
 s\, actually work? Considerations like deterrence\, retribution\, rehabili
 tation\, and disproportionate sentencing keep coming up. \n\nMr. Dasgupta 
 works as an appellate death-row lawyer for Texas inmates and has had first
 -hand exposure to these questions. He will talk about not just his cases b
 ut also the capital cases of Charlie Hood (sentenced to death in a trial i
 n which the judge and the prosecutor were romantically/sexually involved) 
 and Leonel Herrera (whose actual innocence claim was thrown out as either 
 irrelevant or less than irrefutable). \n\nThe talk will be interactive and
  it will end with some suggestions about what to fix and how. The two main
  recommendations are (i) to let a death-row defendant raise her claims aft
 er trial if her lawyer somehow missed it at trial and (ii) to stop electin
 g local and state judges. Not to fear\, we’ll also talk about the genera
 l usefulness and ethics of having a death penalty regime at all. \n\nBio N
 ote\n\nRid Dasgupta is a currently working on international investment law
  at the University of Cambridge. He is associated with the Cambridge chapt
 er of Lawyers without Borders\, helping to write petitions to the U.S. Sup
 reme Court (on behalf of Texas death-row inmates). He will serve as a visi
 ting law scholar to Baroness Hale of Richmond (U.K. Supreme Court) during 
 the 2010-11 Term. He can be reached at rd2136@columbia.edu \n\n
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Foundess Court\, Pembroke College
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