The Tennessee Law Review is hosting a colloquium entitled, “The Past, Present, and Future of the Death Penalty.” The event will take place February 6 – 7 at the University of Tennessee College of Law in Knoxville and will feature nationally known experts in this field, including David Baldus, Hugo Adam Bedau, Stephen Bright, Deborah Denno, Lyn Entzeroth, the Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt, and Penny White. Judge Merritt will deliver the keynote address on “Why So Much Prosecutorial Error in Death Penalty Cases?” The gathering will feature a performance of the play, “The Exonerated.” The event’s full schedule may be found here.
(Tennessee Law Review Event Announcement, Jan. 2009). See Law Reviews.
- Death Penalty Information Center (2025, March 14). RESOURCES: Tennessee Law Review to Host Colloquium on Past, Present, & Future of Death Penalty. Retrieved October 3, 2026, from https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources-tennessee-law-review-to-host-colloquium-on-past-present-future-of-death-penalty
- Death Penalty Information Center. “RESOURCES: Tennessee Law Review to Host Colloquium on Past, Present, & Future of Death Penalty.” Last modified March 14, 2025. Accessed October 3, 2026. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources-tennessee-law-review-to-host-colloquium-on-past-present-future-of-death-penalty.
- Death Penalty Information Center. “RESOURCES: Tennessee Law Review to Host Colloquium on Past, Present, & Future of Death Penalty.” Death Penalty Information Center, 14 Mar. 2025, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/resources-tennessee-law-review-to-host-colloquium-on-past-present-future-of-death-penalty. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.