Sept 19 Panel Discussion at UT-Austin on "The Death Penalty in America: A Fading Practice?"

Historian David Oshinsky won the Pulitzer Prize for his book on the campaign to wipe out the most feared childhood disease of the 1950s—polio. He will speak on his current project, the history of capital punishment in the U.S.

Panelists:
John Butler
Sheldon Ekland-Olson
George Forgie
Camille Parmesan
Michael Starbird

Discussion guide (PDF, 54KB)