Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation's
31st Annual Conference Agenda

TUESDAY, AUGUST 31

 

●          11:00 – 2:00    REGISTRATION

 

●          2:00 – 2:15      WELCOME

                                    Katherine B. Burnett, President, AGACL

 

●                                  Opening Remarks

 

●          2:15 – 3:15      MAKING A DIFFERENCE

                                    Kevin W. Lyons, State’s Attorney, Peoria County, Peoria, Illinois                              

Ward A. Campbell, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice, Sacramento, California

 

●          3:15 – 3:30      BREAK

 

●          3:30 – 5:00      CONFRONTING “INNOCENCE” ISSUES

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●          6:00 – 7:30      RECEPTION

 

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1

 

●          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 – 11:15  DNA:  CHALLENGES OF A NEW DECADE

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

 

●          11:15 – 12:15  NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORT: UPDATE

                                    Kathleen Mayer, Special Assistant to the County Attorney, Legislative

                                    Liaison, Pima County Attorney’s Office, Tucson, Arizona

 

●          12:15 – 1:45    LUNCH ON OWN

 

●          1:45 – 3:00      JURY SELECTION: CONFRONTING NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS ON DEATH (innocence, forensics, media)

                                    John Bradley, District Attorney, Williamson County, Georgetown, Texas

 

●          3:00 – 3:15      BREAK

●          3:15 – 4:15      OBSTREPEROUS DEFENDANTS: DEALING WITH

                                    DEFENDANTS WHO WILL NOT PARTICIPATE

                                    Bernard J. Murray, Deputy Chief, DuPage County State’s Attorney’s

                                    Office, Wheaton, Illinois

 

●          4:15 – 5:15      ETHICS:  BRADY OBLIGATIONS

            Annie Featherman Fraser, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego,

            California

 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2

 

●          8:30 – 9:45      BROKEN BRAIN: BRAIN MAPPING AND OTHER HOAXES

Marc R. Nuwer, M.D., Ph.D., Department Head, Clinical Neurophysiology, UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California

 

                                    Jeffrey Zick, Unit Chief, Capital Litigation Section, Arizona Attorney

                                    General’s Office, Phoenix, Arizona

                                   

●          9:45 – 10:00    REGIONAL CAUCUSES

 

●          10:00 – 10:15  BREAK

 

●          10:15 – 12:00  MITIGATION OR MYTH:  MADMAN OR MONSTER – METING OUT JUSTICE TO THOSE MOST EVIL

                                    Angela Backers, Senior Deputy District Attorney, Chair of Capital

                                    Litigation Committee for CDAA, Alameda County District Attorney’s

                                    Office, Fremont, California

 

●          12:00 – 1:30    LUNCH ON OWN

 

Appellate Breakout   

 

●          1:30 – 2:00      SUPREME COURT: MESSAGE FROM THE CLERK’S OFFICE

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

 

●          2:00 – 3:00      LAST MINUTE LITIGATION

                                    Edward L. Marshall, Chief, Post-Conviction Litigation Division, Texas

                                    Attorney General’s Office, Austin, Texas

 

●          3:00 – 3:15      BREAK

 

●          3:15 – 4:00      EMERGING HABEAS ISSUES

                                    Kent Cattani, Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section, Arizona

                                    Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix, Arizona

 

                                    Ronald Eisenberg, Deputy District Attorney, Philadelphia District

                                    Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania           

 

●          4:00 – 5:00      SURVIVING HABEAS –– OPEN FORUM

                                    J. Kirk Brown, Solicitor General, Nebraska Department of Justice,

                                    Lincoln, Nebraska

 

Trial Breakout

 

●          1:30 – 2:30      THE PROSECUTOR AT THE CRIME SCENE

                                    Ron O’Brien, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney, Columbus, Ohio

 

                                    Daniel J. Cable, Senior Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Franklin County

                                    Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Columbus, Ohio

 

●          2:30 – 3:30      CROSS-EXAMINATION

                                    Mark Gilson, Assistant District Attorney, Homicide Unit, Philadelphia

                                    District Attorney’s Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

 

●          3:30 – 3:45      BREAK

 

●          3:45 – 5:00      ARGUING FOR DEATH

                                    James McKay, Assistant State’s Attorney, Chief, Capital Litigation

                                    Task Force, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Chicago, Illinois

 

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

 

●          9:00 – 9:30      AGACL ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTIONS

                                    Katherine B. Burnett, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Director,

                                    Capital Litigation Section, Virginia Attorney General’s Office,

                                    Richmond, Virginia

 

●          9:30 – 11:00    ANSWERING MENTAL ILLNESS/DISEASE DEFENSES

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

                                    California

Email: agacl@msn.com