Santa Clara University Expert on Death Penalty Cases Available to Speak on People v. Peterson Sentencing; Ellen Kreitzberg Is Director of Death Penalty College

Business Wire, Dec 9, 2004

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- As the Peterson jury begins sentencing deliberations, questions about capital punishment versus life without parole abound.

Ellen Kreitzberg, associate professor of law at Santa Clara University's School of Law is an expert on capital punishment law, and director of the annual Death Penalty College, and can decipher some of the most complex issues surrounding the death penalty.

Kreitzberg can offer a unique and insightful view into understanding capital punishment, death qualification of a capital case jury, the role of aggravating and mitigating circumstances, and methods of execution.

Kreitzberg has published numerous articles on the subject of capital punishment, and recently authored "Understanding Capital Punishment Law," published in Feb. 2004.

The Death Penalty College is a six-day residential training program held each August at SCU, and brings together over 65 capital defense counsels from around the country who have pending capital cases. More than 20 defense lawyers are invited as faculty members of the Death Penalty College to teach, discuss and brainstorm upcoming trials.

To schedule an interview, please call SCU media relations officer Bronwyn Hogan at 408-554-5126.

About Santa Clara University School of Law

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Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,047 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master's and law degrees. Distinguished nationally by the second-highest graduation rate among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. More information is online at www.scu.edu