Hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary

United States Senate

On

"Protecting the Innocent: Ensuring Competent Counsel in Death Penalty Cases"

Wednesday, June 27, 2001

10:00 a.m., SD 226

Committee Members' Statements

Panel I

The Honorable Gordon Smith

United States Senator (R-OR)

The Honorable Susan Collins

United States Senator (R-ME)

The Honorable William Delahunt

United States Representative (D-MA)

The Honorable Ray LaHood

United States Representative (R-IL)

Panel II

The Honorable William H. Pryor Jr.

Attorney General

Montgomery, AL

The Honorable Rodney G. Ellis

Texas State Senator

Austin, TX

Mr. Stephen Bright

H. Lee Sarokin Director

Southern Center for Human Rights

Atlanta, GA

Mr. Michael R. Graham

Roanoke, VA

Mr. Ronald Eisenberg

Deputy District Attorney

District Attorney's Office

Philadelphia, PA

Ms. Beth A. Wilkinson

Partner, Latham & Watkins, and

Co-Chair of the Constitution Project's Death Penalty Initiative

Washington, D.C.

16th Circuit, South Carolina

Committee Members' Statements