Last updated on:
4/13/2015 |
Author: ProCon.org
David R. Dow, JD Biography
- Title:
- Cullen Professor at the University of Houston Law Center
- Position:
- Con to the question "Should the Death Penalty Be Allowed?"
- Reasoning:
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“I used to support [the death penalty] myself. When I stopped supporting it, it was because I realized that the death penalty is applied unfairly… You might think there is such a thing as a just death penalty, and perhaps there is, but even if there is such a thing in theory, our death penalty system does not come close to fitting the bill.”
Execution on a Technicality: Lethal Injustice on America’s Death Row, 2005
- Theoretical Expertise Ranking:
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Experts
Individuals with MDs, JDs, PhDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to death penalty issues. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to death penalty issues. - Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Founder, Juvenile and Capital Advocacy Project, 2014-present
- Rorschach Visiting Professor, Rice University, 2011-present
- Cullen Professor, University of Houston Law Center, 2010-present
- Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center, 1996-present
- Founder and Director, Texas Innocence Network, 2000-present
- Recipient, Barnes & Noble Discover Award, 2010
- Associate Professor (with tenure), University of Houston Law Center, 1992-1996
- Assistant Professor, University of Houston Law Center, 1988-1992
- Education:
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- JD Yale Law School, 1985
- MA, History, Yale University, 1982
- BA, magna cum laude, History, Rice University, 1981
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