UT Students Research SC Death Penalty Case

Students enrolled in the University of Texas School of Law's Capital Punishment Clinic are providing legal research and other support for two cases that their professors will argue before the Supreme Court in January.

Robert Owen, co-director of the clinic as well as the attorney who will present one of the cases, told The Daily Texan that the "tremendous amount of research" provided by the clinic's 10 students was vital to his preparations. Clinic students have also helpted to draft arguments for the Supreme Court hearing. Owen hopes that at least some of the students will be able to travel to Washington to watch him argue their case before the Supreme Court.

The UT Captial Punishment Clinic was established in 1989 to give students practical experience working with death penalty cases. It has previously prepared and won two cases that were heard before the Supreme Court.

Source: "UT Law Students to Argue Case Before Supreme Court," by Nolan Hicks, The Daily Texan, October 17, 2006.