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The Death Penalty Information Center's Richard Dieter will discuss recent developments in the death penalty, the factors behind the decline in its use, and the implications for South Carolina.

Dieter has served as Executive Director of DPIC since 1992 and is an Adjunct Professor at the Catholic University School of Law. A graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center, Dieter was one of that university's first Public Interest Law Scholars. He has worked for many years on issues related to human rights and the death penalty. He prepared reports for the U.S. House of Representatives and testified at numerous legislative hearings. The author of many articles and reports on the death penalty, Dieter is frequently quoted in national and international media.

Date: January 27, 2011

Time: 7pm

Location: Room 103, AT&T Building., 385 Meeting Street, Charleston School of Law

Mr Dieter was invited by Charleston's Amnesty International Group 168, and his presentation is co-sponsored by SCADP, the South Carolina ACLU, the Criminal Law Society of the Charleston School of Law and the College of Charleston's Amnesty International student group.