The UDC David A. Clarke School of Law and
\n\tJamie Raskin, Professor of Constitutional Law, American University<\/p>\n
\tPresent<\/p>\n
\tAndrea D. Lyon (Antioch School of Law, 1976)<\/p>\n
\tAuthor of "Angel of Death Row: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer"<\/p>\n
\tRSVP on line at http:\/\/<\/a>www.law.udc.edu\/event\/Angel_of_Death_Row<\/a><\/p>\n \tAndrea Lyon is Professor of Law, DePaul University, and nationally recognized death penalty expert.<\/p>\n \tCopies of Angel of Death Row: My Life As a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer will be available for purchase, and Ms. Lyon will sign books. A wine reception will precede Ms. Lyon's talk.<\/p>\n \tThis trail-blazing attorney pioneered unconventional ways to defend clients against society's ultimate punishment. Nineteen times, Ms. Lyon has argued to save a convicted murderer's life, and 19 times she has succeeded.<\/p>\n \tCome to hear her answer to the perennial question, "How can you defend these people?"<\/p>\n \tAngel of Death Row: My Life as a Death Penalty Defense Lawyer is the harrowing memoir of the first woman in the United States to head a death penalty defense team.<\/p>\n \tTuesday, February 2, 2010 \tAt the Van Ness-UDC station on the Red Line.<\/p>\n \tThis event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n
\n\t6:00 p.m.
\n\tthe UDC David A. Clarke School of Law
\n\t4200 Connecticut Ave. N.W.
\n\tBuilding 39, Room 201
\n\tWashington, DC 20008<\/p>\n