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Dean Emeritus Lefstein Discusses Death Penalty Case with Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
03/22/2018
An article about a death penalty case in the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette utilizes the expertise of Dean Emeritus Norman Lefstein. The story appeared on March 21.
Lefstein notes that state rules for lawyers in death penalty cases apply only to appointed attorneys. In the case at issue, a judge removed an attorney from a death penalty case, ruling that the attorney wasn't qualified to work on it.
Dean Emeritus Lefstein led the law school from 1988 to 2002. He is a nationally-recognized expert in the areas of indigent defense, criminal justice, and professional responsibility, and received the Robert O. Dawson Indigent Defense Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission in Summer 2016. He taught criminal law, criminal procedure, and professional responsibility at IU McKinney.
