The past eight years has seen a marked increase in federal death penalty prosecutions. What has caused this? What systemic problems has this trend revealed and exacerbated? What are the solutions? Please join us as an extremely knowledgeable panel with various experiences and perspectives tackles these issues. Moderator: RUSSELL NEUFELD Law Office of Russell Neufeld and former Attorney-in-Charge of the Capital Division of The Legal Aid Society Panel: JEAN BARRETT Partner at Ruhnke & Barrett, experienced capital defense attorney and Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel HONORABLE FREDERIC BLOCK United States District Judge, EDNY. Judge Block has presided over several capital trials and authored an op-ed column in The New York Times, critical of DOJ capital policy LORETTA E. LYNCH Partner at Hogan & Hartson and former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York MICHAEL MANNHEIMER Professor, Salmon P. Chase College of Law and author of When the Federal Death Penalty is Cruel and Unusual