Law Faculty in the News - Archives for Scott E. Sundby

11/14/2009 - Virginia Goes 20 Months without a Jury Death Verdict
Washington and Lee School of Law professors David Bruck and Scott Sundby are both quoted in a Richmond Times-Dispatch story about the decline of death sentences imposed by juries in Virginia.   
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10/25/2009 - Expert Discusses Death Penalty Holdouts
Washington and Lee Law School Professor Scott Sundby comments in a Chicago Tribune story examining the refusal of several jurors in a recent mass murder trial to support a death sentence.   
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8/15/2007 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses Possible Vick Plea Deal
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Scott Sundby discusses the possibility that Michael Vick will strike a plea deal in the dogfighting case.   
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10/17/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses Reluctant Jurors in the Christian Science Monitor
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Scott Sundby discusses the reluctance of people to serve on a capital case jury more than once. The failure of people to respond to a jury summons is an acute problem facing the entire judicial system.    
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9/18/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses Death Decision Effect on Jurors in the Star Tribune
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Scott Sundby discusses the death penalty decision process in the case of Alfonso Rodriguez, the man convicted in the abduction and murder of Dru Sjodin.    
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8/18/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Comments on Jonbenet Ramsey Case on NBC Affiliate WSLS, Roanoke
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Scott Sundby comments on the recent confession by a man claiming he killed Jonbenet Ramsey nearly ten years ago.   
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7/15/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses His Book, A Life and Death Decision: A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty, in the St. Petersburg Times
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Scott Sundby discusses his book, A Life and Death Decision: A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty, which looks at the way the decision to impose the death penalty affects juries.   
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6/9/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Comments on the Overturning of the Atkins Death Sentence in The Washington Post
Washington and Lee University School of Law Professor Scott Sundby commented on the overturned death sentence of Daryl Atkins, a Virginia man whose defense attorneys believe is mentally retarded.   
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6/7/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses how Mitigation Specialists can affect Jury Decisions in Salon Magazine
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Scott Sundby discusses how mitigation specialists can affect a death penalty decision by a jury. "[Juries] believe that even under adverse circumstances, every individual has the choice to do good or bad," says Sundby, who is also the author of "A Life and Death Decision: A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty." "When presented with strong mitigation evidence, they say, 'Well, he had a bad childhood. A lot of people have had a bad childhood, and they didn't murder.'"    
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5/31/2006 - Professor Scott Sundby Discusses the Muhammad Verdict in the New York Times
Washington and Lee School of Law Professor Scott Sundby comments on the guilty verdict in the case against sniper John A. Muhammad.    
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5/3/2006 - Scott Sundby in the Baltimore Sun
Scott Sundby in the Baltimore Sun   
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