Donald L. Beschle LLM - Death Penalty

Name:	Donald L. Beschle, LLM
Title:	Professor of Law at the John Marshall Law School
Position:	Not Clearly Pro or Con to the question "Should the death penalty be allowed?"
Reasoning:	"For decades, the death penalty has been one of the most passionately debated topics in American law. Lawyers, social scientists, philosophers, theologians, the mass media, and ordinary citizens have argued over its wisdom and legitimacy. Remarkably, though, when the principal arguments for and against the death penalty are examined closely, they seem inadequate to the task of either justifying the death penalty or proving convincingly that it must be abolished." "What's Guilt (or Deterrence) Got to Do with It? The Death Penalty, Ritual, and Mimetic Violence," William and Mary Law Review, Jan. 1997
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:	Experts Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, other relevant advanced degrees, corrections and government officials with significant involvement in, or related to, death penalty issues. [Note: Experts definition varies by site]
Involvement and Affiliations:	Professor, John Marshall Law School Associate Professor, John Marshall Law School Assistant Professor, John Marshall Law School Associate Lawyer, Law Firm of Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim and Ballon, New York, 1976-1979
Education:	LLM (Master of Law), Temple University School of Law, 1983 JD, New York University School of Law, 1976 BA, Fordham University, 1973
Contact Info:	Phone: 312-987-2376 Fax: None found E-Mail: 7beschle@jmls.edu Website: University Profile
Select Publications:	"Cognitive Dissonance Revisited: Roper v. Simmons and the Issue of Adolescent Decision-Making Competence," Wayne Law Review, Spring 2006 "Lawrence Beyond Gay Rights: Taking the Rationality Requirement for Justifying Criminal Statutes Seriously," Drake Law Review, Winter 2005 "Kant’s Categorical Imperative: An Unspoken Factor in Constitutional Rights Balancing," Pepperdine Law Review, Summer 2004 "The First Amendment in the Seventh Circuit: 2002," John Marshall Law Review, Summer 2003 "Why Do People Support Capital Punishment? The Death Penalty as Community Ritual," Connecticut Law Review, 2001
Other:	None found
Also Quoted in:	1. Does the death penalty deter crime?