Professor Kobil Publishes Two Op Eds

January 18, 2006

Capital University Law School Professor Daniel T. Kobil, an expert on clemency, has published two opinion editorials in major newspapers this month.

January 5, Kobil published an editorial in the Richmond Times-Dispatch entitled 'Norfolk Four': Does Duty Call for Clemency? The editorial discusses clemency for four young sailors who may be innocent of the rape and murder of a young woman for which they are currently serving life sentences. [ Read ‘Norfolk Four’: Does Duty Call for Clemency? ]

Additionally, Kobil published an editorial in the January 15 Nashville Tennessean. This editorial, entitled Governor should have mercy for the mentally ill, discusses the case of Gregory Thompson, a mentally disturbed man on Tennessee’s death row. [ Read Governor should have mercy for the mentally ill ]

While both articles discuss the issue of clemency, the former article considers issues of clemency where guilt might be considered to be in doubt despite a jury’s verdict and the latter article discusses the propriety of executing the mentally ill.

Professor Kobil teaches Constitutional Law, Torts, and Commercial Law at Capital University Law School. He regularly makes presentations and publishes articles about clemency and the U.S. constitution.