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1984-1986 CBA Rep. [i] (1984-1986)

handle is hein.barjournals/cbarpts1984 and id is 1 raw text is: On the docket Seminars Federal Criminal Practice & Procedure Sponsored by the CBA Criminal Law Committee and the Federal Bar Association. Cincinnati Chapter Date: Sat., February 4. 1984 Time: 8:50 a.m. - 4:45 p.m. Place: U.C. College of Law Cost: Advance (by February 2, 1984) $25 At Door (8:15 am. registration) $30 New Rules & Developments in Bankruptcy Practice Sponsored by the CBA Bankruptcy Committee Date: Mon., February 20, 1984 Time: 8:45 a.m - 5 p.m . Place: The Clarion Hotel (formerlv Stouffer's) Cost: Prior to February 13 Members $50 Non-members $65 After February 13 or At Door Members $65 Non-members $80 1st Annual Estate Planning Institute Sponsored by the CBA Trusts, Wills & Estate Planning Section Date: Fri., February 24, 1984 Time: 9 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. Place: The Clarion Hotel (formerly Stouffer's) Cost: Advance (by February 20. 1984) $85 Late Registration $100 Information: Barbara Schwartz Bromberg. Chairperson (352-6752) How to Make Partner in Three Easy Evenings (three-part evening seminar) Sponsored by the CBA Young Lawyers' Section Date: March 7, 14 & 21, 1984 Time: 6 p.m. (cocktail reception to follow program) Place: Arthur Anderson & Co. Cost: $3 per person, per evening Committees YLS Executive Board James M. Carroll, Chairman Date: Wed., February 1, 1984 Time: 12 noon Place: CBA Conference Room I Arbitration Committee Richard H. Johnson, Chairman Date: lues., February 14. 19S4 Time: 12 noon Place: CBA Conference Room Trusts, Wills & Estate Planning Roi F. Baugher, II. Chairman Date: Tues., February 14, 1984 Time: 12 noon Place: CBA Conference Room Housing & Construction Law Pierce E. Cunningham, Chairma4 Date: Wed., February 15, 1984 Time: 12 noon Place: CBA Conference Room Workers' Compensation Jerald D. Harris, Chairman Date: Thurs.. February 16, 1984 Time: 12 noon Place: CBA Conference Room I Social Security Committee James C. Crowley IV, Chairman Date: Tues.. February 21, 1984 Time: 12 noon Place: CBA Conference Room CBA Executive Committee Stephen Cohen, President Date: Wed., February 22, 1984 Time: 11:45 a.m. Place: CBA Conference Room I Lunch: $3 Please Note YLS Tennis & Racquetball Party Date: Sat., February 11, 1984 Time: 8 p.m. Place: West Side Indoor Racquet Club Cost: $8 per person Information: Steve Madden. 421- 6630 CBA Auxiliary Marjorie Wirthlin, President Date: Thurs., February 16, 1984 Time: 11 a.m. Place: Netherland Plaza Speaker: Hamilton County Prosecutor Arthur Ney Citizens Awareness of Law Award presentation YLS Ski Trip Date: February 17 20, 1984 Place: Seven Springs, PA Cost: $225 Information: Kendra Daugherty, 528-1414 The Cincinnati Bar Association Death Row Appeals and Stays of Execution by Margery Malkin Koosed EDITOR'S NOTE: Our thanks to the author and to the Akron Bar Association for permission to reprint this article which appeared in the October, 1983 AB Communicator. Ten Ohioans are now on death row in the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility at Lucasville. Over 1,200 persons now sit in death row cells across the United States. Over the last several months, considerable attention has been drawn to the executions of Charlie Brooks by lethal injection in Texas, and of John L. Evans. Ill, by a gruesome and an arguably barbaric third jolt of 1,900 volts of electricity in Alabama. Debates among citizens over the proper method and the basic morality of executing human beings have been extensive. While these are certainly appropriate topics for public and Bar concern, with over one thousand persons on the nation's death rows, another concern is also being expressed: when may a death sentence be carried out? Some members of the Bar too, seem uncertain as to the new Ohio death penalty law's provisions respecting appellate review of death sentences, and when executions may again by carried out in Ohio. This article will briefly examine the appellate procedures mandated by the constitution, the statutory appeals mechanism created in O.R.C. §2929.05 of Am. Sub. S.B. 1 (effective Oct. 19, 1981), the availability of stays of execution, and the recent United States Supreme Court case regarding death row appeals proceedings, Barefoot u. Estelle, -U.S. 33 CrL 3275 (July 6, 1983). In 1953. a pair of Missouri Kidnappers were executed only eleven weeks after their crime. Now, such a hasty rush to death would be extremely improbable. Thirty years ago, very little scrutiny was given to the ability of the states to impose this ultimate punishment. Over the past twelve years. however, the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the, Constitution have been interpreted to require the States to exercise greater care and reflection in imposition of capital punishment. Although the death sentence is not cruel and unusual punishment per se, Gregg u. Georgia, 428 U.S. 155 (1976), the Supreme Court has recognized that death is indeed different from any other form of punishment due to its irrevocability. Woodson u. North Carolina, 428 U.S. 280 (1976). If the criminal justice system errs and executes an innocent man, or one not deserving of this punishment - whether due to prejudice, zealous passions, or mistake of any kind - society cannot correct its wrong. To assure that society is not left in doubt whether innocent men or those offenders not deserving of death are being irretrievably condemned, the Supreme Court has concluded that under the due process clause, more process is due those persons charged with a capital crime. The Court has recognized that when a life is at stake, and not merely liberty or property, there is a greater need for reliability in the continued on page 3 Report Thle Cincinnati Bar Association 2o E. Sixth Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 February, 1984 IN THIS ISSUE Who's employing law school graduates? p. 2 Medical records information form speeds up process. p. 4 The Cincinnati Bar Association (CBA) REPORT is published at part of CBA's commitment to provide membership with information relating to issues and concerns on the local level. Opinions and positions expressed in the signed material are those of the author and may not necessarily reflect those of this publication or the Cincinnati Bar Association. Correspondence regarding this puibliction may be Senlt to. Maraeiit S. Devereux. tDirecto of Public Rla~tions, Cincinnati Bar Assoc(iation, 20 Easiit Sixth Strect. Cii iniati, Ohio 45202, (513) 381-8213 Non-Profit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Cincinnati. Ohio Permit No. 5415 RETURN REQUESTED Congratulations Chase! Northern Kentucky University's Salmon P. Chase College of Law was accepted last month into the Association of American Law Schools, the leading accrediting group for law schools. Chase joins the University of Cincinnati and approximately 150 other schools in the association.