Capital Cases: A Vexatious President May Be Key to Challenging the Federal Death Penalty

When the government can sanction a lawyer for the arguments the lawyer makes, it drives a wedge between the lawyer and the client. In the context of the death penalty, this conflict is especially dangerous. What should capital defense lawyers do? Move to bar federal capital prosecutions. A project at Temple University Beasley School of Law developed such a motion with an accompanying memorandum of law.