David C. Baldus LLM - Death Penalty

Name:	David C. Baldus, LLM
Title:	Joseph B. Tye Professor of Law at the University of Iowa Law School
Position:	Con to the question "Should the death penalty be allowed?"
Reasoning:	"[R]epeal of capital punishment is the only feasible way of eradicating the arbitrariness." "First Death Penalty Hearing Held," Baltimore Sun, July 29, 2008
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:	Joseph B. Tye Professor, University of Iowa Law School, 1983-present Professor and Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Legal Studies, Syracuse University College of Law, 1981-1982 Director, Law and Social Sciences Program, National Science Foundation, 1975-1976 Professor, University of Iowa Law School, 1972-1983 Associate Professor, University of Iowa Law School, 1969-1971 Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention, 1967-1968 General Law Practice, 1964-1968
Education:	LLM, Yale Law School, 1969 JD, Yale Law School, 1964 MA, University of Pittsburgh, 1962 BA, Dartmouth College, 1957
Contact Info:	Phone: 319-335-9012 Fax: 319-335-9098 E-Mail: david-baldus@uiowa.edu Website: Faculty Page
Select Publications:	Cowritten with G. Woodworth, “Race Discrimination and the Death Penalty in the Post Furman Era: An Empirical and Legal Overview, With Recent Findings From Philadelphia,” Cornell Law Review, Nov. 1998 Cowritten with G. Woodworth and C. Pulaski, Equal Justice and the Death Penalty: A Legal and Empirical Analysis, 1990 Cowritten with G. Woodworth and C. Pulaski, "Arbitrariness and Discrimination in the Administration of the Death Penalty: A Challenge to State Supreme Courts," Stetson Law Review, Spring 1986 Cowritten with G. Woodworth and C. Pulaski, "Comparative Review of Death Sentences: An Empirical Study of the Georgia Experience," Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, Autumn 1983 Cowritten with James W. Cole, Statistical Proof of Discrimination, 1980
Other:	None found
Also Quoted in:	1. Does a person's race affect the likelihood of him/her receiving the death penalty?