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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Sep. 21, 2011

Racial profiling is bad enough but wait until you read this

The case of Duane Buck should make you sit up and take notice whatever your position on the death penalty.

Michael H. Leb

Neutral, Leb Dispute Resolutions

Labor & Employment

Phone: (310) 284-8224

Fax: (310) 284-8229

Email: michael@lebdr.com

U Michigan Law School

THE NEUTRAL CORNER is a monthly column discussing recent cases or topics of interest from a neutral's perspective.

I don't know about you, but discussions about the death penalty have, for me over the years, been mostly academic exercises to see whether I can get a rise out of people at the dinner table. I am a civil attorney, have never handled a criminal matter (let alone a death penalty case), and don't know anyone who has ever been sentenced to die.

The case of Duane Buck should make you sit up and take notice whatever your position on the death penalty. If you are categorically opposed t...

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