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Protecting Especially Vulnerable Defendants from the Death Penalty

Protecting Especially Vulnerable Defendants from the Death Penalty

Update: 2023-03-23
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In the latest episode of “Discussions with DPIC,” Robert Dunham, former Executive Director of DPIC interviews Karen Steele (pictured), a researcher and defense attorney in Oregon, regarding the special characteristics of late adolescent defendants facing the death penalty. Research by Steele and others points to the incomplete brain development in those aged 18-21 and how that can be exacerbated in those suffering from fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. The research has also found that late-adolescent defendants of color are disproportionately sentenced to death.

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Protecting Especially Vulnerable Defendants from the Death Penalty

Protecting Especially Vulnerable Defendants from the Death Penalty

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