Dan Kobil
Professor
Department
- Law School
Contact Information
- 614-2366675
- dkobil@law.capital.edu
- Capital University Law School
Biography
Professor Dan Kobil joined Capital in 1987. He currently teaches constitutional law, criminal procedure, and comparative constitutional law. Since entering teaching, Professor Kobil has researched and published extensively on the subject of executive clemency, especially as it relates to the death penalty. He also writes on First Amendment Law. His work has been cited by courts, including the United States Supreme Court, and legal journals. He also is a frequent contributor to newspaper, television, and radio reports on constitutional issues.- J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, University of Toledo College of Law
- Bradshaw Fellow, University of Virginia (Graduate Program in English)
- B.A, summa cum laude, University of Toledo
- Constitutional Law (Pardons, First Amendment Law)
- Criminal Procedure
Book Chapter
Should Mercy Have a Place in Clemency Decisions , in Forgiveness, Mercy, and Clemencyed. Sarat and Hussain ( Stanford University Press 2007)
The Evolving Role of Clemency in Capital Cases in the second edition of AMERICA'S EXPERIMENT WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (Carolina Academic Press 2003).
The Evolving Role of Clemency in Capital Cases, in AMERICA'S EXPERIMENT WITH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT (James Acker et al. eds., 1998).
Law Review Articles
How to Grant Clemency in Unforgiving Times, 31 CAPITAL UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 219 (2003).
Should Clemency Decisions be Subject to a Reasons Requirement?, 13 FEDERAL SENTENCING REPORTER 150 (2001).
Advocacy on Line: Brandenburg v. Ohio and Speech in the Internet Era, 31 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 227 (2000).
Chance and the Constitution in Capital Clemency Cases, 28 CAPITAL UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 567 (2000).
Other Publications
'Norfolk Four': Does Duty Call for Clemency? in the Richmond Times-Dispatch Jan. 5, 2006
"Pardon" appears in Encyclopedia of Prisons & Correctional Facilities Volume 1 (2005 Sage Publications, Inc.), Mary Bosworth, ed.
Solid rationale for clemency in Williams case in the Indianapolis Star June 27, 2004.
Perry's duty: Show mercy to Joe Lee Guy in the Austin American-Statesman June 8, 2004.
Because Judges Err, Clemency is Crucial in the Tennessean April 28, 2003.