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10 ConLawNOW 1 (2018-2019)

handle is hein.journals/akjopal10 and id is 1 raw text is: INTRODUCTION TO THE LOCKETT v. OHIO AT 40 SYMPOSIUM: RETHINKING THE DEATH PENALTY 40 YEARS AFTER THE U.S. SUPREME COURT DECISION Margery B. Koosed* Thank you to our speakers (present and participating by web), attending lawyers, law students, faculty, staff, members of the community here and participating by web-thank you all for joining in our Lockett v. Ohio at 40 Symposium.' I am Marge Koosed, a Professor of Law Emerita here at the University of Akron School of Law. I have taught in the area of criminal law, criminal procedure, and death penalty law for over 40 years. I first arrived at the law school in 1974, the same year Ohio enacted the death penalty law we will be discussing, Ohio Revised Code Section 2929.04. Indeed, as I recall, as then Coordinator of the Legal Clinic's Appellate Review Office, I assisted four death-sentenced Akron-area inmates on certiorari to the United States Supreme Court challenging that law. Ultimately, the Court accepted review in two other cases-that of Akron- area death row inmate Sandra Lockett and Cincinnati-area juvenile death row inmate Willie Lee Bell. The Court's response, set forth in the Lockett v. Ohio2 decision, is our subject today. As we will see, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Lockett hinges on individualized sentencing, on respect for the uniqueness of each individual facing a capital charge. Though we will focus on defendant's lives, as the Court did in that case, I want us to acknowledge at this time the uniqueness and respect we also owe the victims of homicide, and the loss experienced by their families, in all of these death penalty cases. The * Professor of Law Emerita, University of Akron School. 1. An audio recording of the Lockett Symposium is available at this link on YouTube (Oct. 15, 2018), and program materials are available at this link. 2. 438 U.S. 586 (1978). 1

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