David Bruck is a Clinical Professorof Law at Washington & Lee Schoolof

Law,and Directorof the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse,a law school clinic

and resource center for lawyers defending capitally-chargedclients throughout

Virginia. He has also served,since 1992,as FederalDeathPenalty Resource

Counsel to the federal defender system. (The FederalDeathPenaltyResource

CounselProject is a national clearinghouse for informationand support for court-

appointed defense counsel in federal capital cases; its responsibilities includethe

collection,analysis and disseminationof data concerningfederal death penalty

prosecutions throughout the United States, recruitmentand recommendationof

defense counsel in federal capital cases, and assistance to the federal courts in

matters relatingto the defense function in such cases.)

Bruck began practicingcriminallaw inSouth Carolina in 1976,and since

1980 has specializedin capital cases at the trial and post-trial stages. His appellate

cases include Skipper v. South Carolina,476 U.S.1 (1976),Simmons v. South

Carolina,512 U.S.154(1994),and Kelly v. South Carolina,534 U.S.246 (2002).

Bruck has frequently testified before U.S.Congressionalcommittees on death

penalty legislation,and has lectured to state and federal judges, lawyers,and

mental healthprofessionalson capitalsentencing issues in more than 30 states and

U.S.territories. He receivedthe John MinorWisdomPublicService & Profes-

sionalismAward from the ABA Section of Litigationin 1996,and the Significant

Contributionsto CriminalJustice Award from CaliforniaAttorneys for Criminal

Justice in 2001. He has taught seminars on the law of capitalpunishmentat the

Universityof South Carolina Schoolof Law,was the 1990 RalphE.Shikes

Visiting Fellowat HarvardLawSchool,and in2002 served as Scholar in

Residenceat the Frances Lewis LawCenter,Washington & Lee University. He

has directed W&L’s VirginiaCapitalCase Clearinghousesince mid-2004.

DavidI.BruckClinical Professor of Law

Director,Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse

Washington & Lee School of Law

LexingtonVA 24450

540-458-8188 (direct line)

540-460-8178 (cell phone)

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ClinicalProfessorof Law at Washington& Lee Schoolof Law,and Directorof

the Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse,2004-present.

Privatelaw practice,1992-present.Emphasison capital trial,appellateand post-

convictionlitigation.

Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel to federal public defender system,

1992-present. Monitoring and assisting with defense of death penalty

prosecutions in the federal courts throughout the United States.

Scholar in Residence, Frances Lewis Law Center, Washington & Lee

University,Lexington,Virginia,Spring,2002.

Chief Attorney, South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, October, 1989 to

February, 1992. Supervised nine-lawyer statewide appellate defender agency.

Represented capital and noncapital criminal clients in South Carolina Supreme

Court, United States Supreme Court, and collateral proceedings.

Richland County Public Defender, July, 1988-September, 1989.Representation of indigent criminal defendants; administered ten-lawyer trial-level

defender agency.

Private law practice,1980-1988. Specialized in defense of capital murder cases

and inpost-conviction representation of Death Row inmates, in contractual

association with South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense. During this period

handled numerous capital murder trials and resentencing trials, and more than forty

death penalty appeals in the South Carolina Supreme Court and the United States

Supreme Court.

DavidBruck--DetailedCV

EMPLOYMENT

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AssistantPublicDefender,RichlandCounty (1976-79)andCharlestonCounty

(1980). Trialand appellate representationof indigentcriminaldefendants.

Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United

States Courts of Appeals for the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits, and

the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. Admitted pro

hac vice to argue capital appeals before the Florida, Kentucky, New Mexico, and

Virginia Supreme Courts,1987-2008.

Member, American Bar Association, National Association of Criminal

DefenseLawyers,Virginia CriminalDefenseLawyers’Association.

Adjunct Professor, School of Law, University of South Carolina, 1983-

1985;1991-93;seminars on capitalpunishmentand the constitution.

HarvardCollege,AB magna cumlaude 1971.

Universityof South Carolina,JD cumlaude 1975.

Admittedto practicein SouthCarolina,1976to present.

Admittedto practiceinVirginia,2013to present.

Appointedby UnitedStates SupremeCourtas counsel for petitionersin:

Skipper v. South Carolina,476 U.S.1 (1986)

Yates v. Aiken, 484 U.S.211(1988)

Yates v. Evatt,500 U.S.391(1991)

Simmons v. South Carolina,512 U.S.154 (1994)

Shafer v. South Carolina,532 U.S.36 (2001)

Kelly v. South Carolina,534 U.S.246 (2002)

BARAND PROFESSIONALMEMBERSHIPS

LAW-RELATEDACTIVITIES

EDUCATION

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Testified concerning proposed federal death penalty and habeas corpus

legislationbefore:

Lecturer on defense of capital cases and on appellate advocacy at attorney

training and judicial education seminars in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona,

California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Idaho,

Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi,

Missouri, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,

Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, U.S.

Virgin Islands,Utah,Washington state, and Wisconsin, 1982-present.

Judiciary Committeeof the UnitedStates Senate,September,1985

Criminal Justice Subcommittee of the Committee on the Judiciary,

UnitedStates House of Representatives,June,1986

Subcommitteeon Courts, Committee on the Judiciary,United States

Houseof Representatives,June,1990

Subcommitteeon Crime,Committee on the Judiciary, United States

Houseof Representatives,June,1991

Subcommittee on Civil & Constitutional Rights,Committee on the

Judiciary,UnitedStates House of Representatives,June,1991

Subcommitteeon Crime,Committee on the Judiciary, United States

Houseof Representatives,October,1993.

Subcommitteeon the Constitution,Federalism,andPropertyRightsof

the Committeeon the Judiciary,UnitedStates Senate,June,2001.

Subcommitteeon Crime,Committee on the Judiciary, United States

Houseof Representatives,March,2006.

Subcommitteeon the Constitution,Federalism,andPropertyRightsof

the Committeeon the Judiciary,UnitedStates Senate,June,2007.

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Lecturer at certification program for mental health professionals on

Sentencing Evaluations in Capital Cases, University of Virginia Institute on Law,

Psychiatry and Public Policy, Charlottesville VA, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.

Memberof NationalLegal Aid and DefenderAssociationworkinggroup to

evaluateWashingtonAppellateDefender,Inc.,SeattleWA 1983.

SignificantContributionsto CriminalJustice Award,CaliforniaAttorneys

ForCriminalJustice,2001.

John Minor WisdomPublic Service& ProfessionalismAward,American

BarAssociationSectionof Litigation,1996.

DefenderServices Award,NationalLegalAidand DefenderAssociation,

1983.

AThe Four Men Strom Thurmond Sent to the Chair,@ Washington Post, April 26,

1981(investigative article on Senator Thurmond=s capital sentencing record as a

South Carolina circuit judge, 1938-42).

AStromThurmond=sRoots,@The New Republic,March3,1982(historyof voting

rights conflict inEdgefield,South Carolina).

ADecisionsof Death,@The New Republic,December12,1983 (surveyof

contemporarydeathpenalty inthe UnitedStates).

Book reviewsof Alan Dershowitz=sThe Best Defense,James Kunen=sHow Can

You DefendThosePeople?,in The Nation1982,1983.

RalphE.Shikes VisitingFellow,HarvardLaw School,October1990.

LyndhurstPrize,LyndhurstFoundation(1989-91)

PUBLICATIONS

AWARDS

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AThe DeathPenalty:An Exchange,@(withMayor Ed Koch),The New Republic,

May20,1985.

AKillingTeenageKillersAgain,@WashingtonPost,September15,1985(death

penalty for juvenileoffenders).

AThe Great American Trouble,@ (review of Crime and Human Nature by James Q.

Wilson and Richard Herrnstein and Confronting Crime by Elliott Currie), The New

Republic, January 20, 1986.

AIs the DeathPenalty Only for Killersof Whites?@ WashingtonPost,October12,

1986 (assessingSupremeCourt litigationregardingrace and the death penalty).

AOn DeathRow inPretoriaCentral,@The New Republic,July 13-20,1987

(descriptionand analysis of the South Africancapital punishmentsystem).

ASentencingthe MentallyRetardedto Death:An EighthAmendmentAnalysis,@

with John Blume,41Arkansas Law Review725 (1988)

ACan You Stop Client Interrogation Behind Your Back?@ 31 South Carolina

Lawyer 31(Nov./Dec. 1991)

ADoes the DeathPenalty Matter? Reflectionsof a DeathRowLawyer,@1

ReconstructionNo.3,1991(1990RalphE.Shikes Lecture,HarvardLaw School).

AHabeas Corpse,@(withLeslieHarris),The New Republic,July 15-22,1991

(analyzingCongressionalproposals for habeas corpus reform).

ADeathPenalty Symposium,KeynoteAddress:Politicaland SocialMisconceptions

Fuelingthe DeathPenalty,@13 T.M.CooleyL.Rev.863 (1996)

AA Tribute to WilliamS.Geimer,@58 Wash.& Lee L.Rev.403 (Spring,2001)

(withScott E.Sundby,Roger D.Groot,et al.).

ACapital Punishment in the Age of Terrorism,@ 41Cath. Law. 187 (Winter 2002)

(panel discussion with Norman L.Greene, Norman Redlich, Paul Saunders,

Richard Weisberg, and Kenneth Roth).

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FirstArgument at the SupremeCourtof the UnitedStates: AA RarefiedKindof

Dread,@ 5 J. App.Prac.& Process75 (Spring,2003)

ADeathWatchColumn:Change,RedemptionDo Exist,@The Champion33 (June,

2003)

Editorialcolumns on capital punishmentandcriminal justice,1983-2001,New

York Times,Los Angeles Times,AtlantaConstitution,CharlotteObserver.

“Simmonsv.SouthCarolinaandtheMythofEarlyRelease,”bookchapterinJohn

BlumeandJordanSteiker(ed.),D EATHP ENALTYS TORIES(West2008)

Capitalcases argued,UnitedStates SupremeCourt:

1. Skipper v. South Carolina,476 U.S.1 (1986)

2. Yates v. Aiken,484 U.S.211(1988)

3. Yates v. Evatt,500 U.S.391(1991)

4. Simmonsv. SouthCarolina,512 U.S.514 (1994)

5. Ramdassv. Angelone,530 U.S.156 (2000)

6. Shafer v. SouthCarolina,532 U.S.36 (2001)

7. Kelly v. SouthCarolina,534 U.S.246 (2002)

Federalcapitalcases (appointedas learnedcounselunder 18USC § 3005):

United States v. Jenkins (D SC No. 3:96-358) (death penalty not authorized by

AttorneyGeneral;case tried to verdict)

United States v. Al-Owhali (SDNY No. S6 98 CR. 1023 LBS) (East African

Embassy Bombing case; November 1998-June, 2000; defense team relieved 6

months before trial)

LISTOF CAPITALCASES

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United States v. Safarini, 257 F.Supp.2d 191 (D.D.C. 2003) (1986 PanAm

hijiacking case; negotiated life sentence following successful pretrial motion to

strike death penalty)

United States v. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, (D MA 1:13-cr-10200)(Boston Maraton

Bombingcase;February,2014 to June,2015; learnedco-counsel;deathsentence)

UnitedStates v. DylannRoof,(DSC 2:15-CR-472)(EmanuelAMEChurch

shootings,CharlestonSC;July,2015 to April,2017; deathsentence).

Leadcounsel,SouthCarolinaandVirginiacapital trial-levelcases:

1. James Arthur Brown, Berkeley County, change of venue to Spartanburg

County, 1980 (guilty plea following directed verdict of acquittal on aggravating

factor)

2. Louis Truesdale,LancasterCounty1980 (deathsentence;guilty plea and

sentence reversed,State v. Truesdale,278 S.C.368,296 S.E.2d528 (1982))

3. Ronald Woomer, Horry County, 1981(jury resentencing; death sentence;

affirmed, State v. Woomer, 278 S.C. 468, 299 S.E.2d 317 (1982), cert. denied, 463

U.S. 1229 (1983)

4. MichaelLinder;ColletonCounty,1981(retrialfollowingreversal inState v.

Linder,276 S.C.304,278 S.E.2d 335 (1981);client acquitted.

5. Wardell Patterson;York County,deathsentence,1983;sentencedreversed

by UnitedStates SupremeCourt,1987; life sentenceon remand.

6. PaulMazzell,CharlestonCounty,1983(penaltyphase only)lifesentence.

7. Albert Thompson, Greenville County, 1984 (Judge resentencing following

post-conviction relief, Thompson v. Aiken, 281 S.C. 239, 315 S.E.2d 110 (1984));

life sentence.

8. Ronald Skipper, Horry County, 1986 (Judge resentencing following

penalty phase reversal by United States Supreme Court, Skipper v. South Carolina,

476 U.S. 1 (1986)); life sentence.

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9. Limmie Arthur, Horry County, 1987 (Judge resentencing) death sentence;

reversed, State v. Arthur, 296 S.C. 495, 374 S.E.2d 291 (1988); life sentence on

remand.

10. LenellGarner,CalhounCounty,1987(Guiltyplea,negotiatedlife sentence)

11. WardellPatterson,York County, 1988(Juryresentencing)life sentence.

12. RichardJefferson,RichlandCounty,1989(Judgesentencing)life sentence.

13. Jerry Plemmons,York County,1989(Jury resentencing)life sentence.

14. SusanSmith,UnionCounty,1995;life sentence.

15. Jonathan Simmons, Richland County, 1995(judge resentencing following

reversal by United States Supreme Court, Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.S.

154 (1994)) life sentence.

16. Ron Orr, Chester County, 1997, on change of venue to Richland County

following reversal, State v. Orr, 304 S.C. 185, 403 S.E.2d 623 (1991); life

sentence.

17. Warren Manning, Dillon County, July 2000, retrial following reversal by

South Carolina Supreme Court, 329 S.C.1, 495 S.E.2d 191(1997); hung jury;

retrial September, 2000; acquittal.

18. Robert Quattlebaum, LexingtonCounty, November 2001, retrial following

reversal by South Carolina Supreme Court, change of venue ordered following

failure to select jury in 4 days of jury selection, owing to pretrial publicity.

Subsequently negotiated life sentence in exchange for guilty plea.

19. Clinton Robert Northcutt, Lexington County; death sentence (sentence

reversed and remanded for resentencing, State v. Northcutt, 372 S.C. 207, 641

S.E.2d 873(2007); resentenced to death on remand, 2009; currently pending

motion for reconsideration in trial court.

20. WesleyShafer,resentencing,UnionCounty,February16-23,2004,on

remandfromUnitedStates SupremeCourt,Shafer v. South Carolina,532 U.S.36

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(2001),after remand,State v. Shafer,352 S.C.191,573 S.E.2d796 (2002); life

sentence.

22. Joseph Armstrong, Wise County, Virginia; 2005-2008; appointed as co-

counsel pro hac vice following jury’s death recommendation; capital murder

conviction vacated, change of plea accepted to second degree murder.

22. Joshua Wayne Andrews,PrinceWilliamCounty,Virginia2011-2012,

appointedpro hac vice as lead counselfor re-sentencing;negotiatedlife sentence

1. State v. Woomer,276 S.C.258,277 S.E.2d696 (1981)

2. State v. Linder,276 S.C.304,278 S.E.2d335 (1981)

3. State v. Adams,277 S.C.115,283 S.E.2d582 (1981)

4. State v. Woomer,277 S.C.170,284 S.E.2d357 (1981)

5. State v. (Horace)Butler,277 S.C.452,290 S.E.2d1,cert.denied,459 U.S.

932 (1982)

6. State v. (James)Butler,277 S.C.543,290 S.E.2d420 (1982)

7. State v. Patterson,278 S.C.319,295 S.E.2d264 (1982)

8. State v. Smart,278 S.C.515,299 S.E.2d 686 (1982),cert.denied,460 U.S.

1088 (1983)

9. State v. Sloan,278 S.C.435,298 S.E.2d92 (1982)

10. State v. Koon,278 S.C.528,298 S.E.2d769 (1982)

11. State v. Adams,279 S.C.228,306 S.E.2d208,cert.denied,464 U.S.1023

(1983)

12. State v. Elmore,279 S.C.417,308 S.E.2d781(1983)

Capitalappellatecases,SouthCarolinaSupremeCourt

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13. State v. Plath,281S.C.1,313 S.E.2d 619,cert.denied,467 U.S.1265

(1984)

14. Thompsonv. Aiken,281S.C.239,315 S.E.2d110 (1984)

15. State v. Stewart,283 S.C.104,320 S.E.2d447 (1984)

16. State v. Patterson,285 S.C.5,327 S.E.2d 650 (1984),cert.denied,471U.S.

1036 (1985)

17. State v. Chaffee,285 S.C.21,328 S.E.2d464 (1984),cert.denied,471U.S.

1009 (1985)

18. State v. Lucas,285 S.C.37,328 S.E.2d 63,cert.denied,472 U.S.1012

(1985)

19. State v. Damon,285 S.C.125,328 S.E.2d628,cert.denied,474 U.S.865

(1985)

20. State v. Elmore,286 S.C.70,332 S.E.2d762 (1985),rev'din part and

remanded,476 U.S.1101(1986)(per curiam)

21. State v. Smith,286 S.C.406,334 S.E.2d277 (1985),cert.denied,475 U.S.

1031(1986)

22. State v. Peterson,287 S.C.244,335 S.E.2d800 (1985)

23. State v. Middleton, 288 S.C.21,339 S.E.2d 692 (1986); habeas corpus

denied following remand, Middleton v. Evatt, 855 F.Supp. 837 (D.S.C. 1994); aff’d

77 F.3d 469 (4th Cir.) (Table), cert. denied, 519 U.S.876 (1996).

24. State v. Miller,289 S.C.426,346 S.E.2d705 (1986)(pretrialappeal)

25. State v. Stewart,288 S.C.232,341S.E.2d789 (1986)

26. Truesdalev. Aiken,289 S.C.488,347 S.E.2d101(1986),rev'd,480 U.S.

527 (1987)(per curiam)

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27. Yates v. Aiken,290 S.C.232,349 S.E.2d84 (1986),rev'd,484 U.S.211

(1988)

28. State v. Cooper,291S.C.332,353 S.E.2d441(1986)

29. State v. Riddle,291S.C.232,353 S.E.2d138(1987)

30. State v. Atkins,293 S.C.294,360 S.E.2d302 (1987)

31. State v. Reed,293 S.C.515,362 S.E.2d13 (1987)

32. Chaffeev. State,294 S.C.88,362 S.E.2d875 (1987)

33. State v. Cockerham,294 S.C.380,365 S.E.2d22 (1988)

34. State v. Howard,295 S.C.462,369 S.E.2d132 (1988),cert.denied,490

U.S.1113 (1989)

35. State v. Brown,296 S.C.191,371S.E.2d523 (1988)

36. State v. Cain,297 S.C.497,377 S.E.2d556 (1988),cert.denied,497 U.S.

1010 (1990)

37. State v. (Limmie)Arthur,296 S.C.495,374 S.E.2d291(1988)

38. Yates v. Aiken,301S.C.214,391S.E.2d530 (1989),rev'd sub nom.Yates v.

Evatt,500 U.S.391(1991)

39. State v. Riddle,301S.C.68,389 S.E.2d665 (1990)

40. State v. Bell,302 S.C.18,393 S.E.2d364,cert.denied,498 U.S.881(1990)

41. Butler v. State,302 S.C.466,397 S.E.2d87 (1990),cert.denied,498 U.S.

972 (1990)

42. State v. Orr,304 S.C.185,403 S.E.2d623 (1991)

43. State v. Manning,305 S.C.413,409 S.E.2d 372 (1991),cert.denied,503

U.S.914 (1992)

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44. State v. (WilbertRay)Davis,306 S.C.246,411S.E.2d220 (1991)

45. State v. Wilson,306 S.C.498,413 S.E.2d 19(1992),cert.denied,506 U.S.

846 (1992)

46. State v. Patterson,307 S.C.180,414 S.E.2d155(1992)

47. Lucasv. Evatt,308 S.C.31,416 S.E.2d646 (1992)(4-1)

48. State v. (Rebecca)Smith,309 S.C.442,424 S.E.2d496 (1992)

49. State v. Ray,310 S.C.431,427 S.E.2d171(1993)

50. State v. Simmons,310 S.C.439,427 S.E.2d 175(1993),rev'd,512 U.S.154

(1994)

51. State v. Cooper,312 S.C.90,439 S.E.2d276 (1994)

52. State v. Manning,329 S.C.1,495 S.E.2d191(1997)

53. Hudginsv. Moore,337 S.C.333,524 S.E.2d105 (1999)

54. State v. Shafer,531S.E.2d 524 (S.C.2000),rev’d532 U.S.36 (2001);death

sentence vacated on remand,352 S.C.191,573 S.E.2d 796 (2002)

55. Williamsv.State,363 S.C.341,611S.E.2d232 (2005)

56. State v. Northcutt,372 S.C.207,641S.E.2d873 (2007)

1. State v. Clark,108N.M.288,772 P.2d322 (1989)

2. Hallv. Wainwright,805 F.2d945 (11thCir.1986);appealafter remand,

817 F.2d761(11thCir.1987)(Mem.),cert.denied,484 U.S.905 (1987)

Capitalappealsargued--other jurisdictions

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3. Hallv.Dugger,531So.2d 76 (1988)

4. Boggsv. Bair (U.S.D.C.EDVa1991)

5. Wilsonv.Commonwealth,836 S.W.2d872 (Ky.1992)

6. UnitedStates v. Flores,63 F.3d1342(5thCir.1995)

7. Porterv. Commonwealth,276 Va.203,661S.E.2d415 (2008)

8. Morvav. Commonwealth,278 Va.329,683 S.E.2d553 (2009)

1. AlbertThompson,GreenvilleCounty,1982

2. SylvesterAdams,York County,1984

3. PaulKoon,AikenCounty,1985

5. CecilLucas,York County,1986

6. Dallas Ferrell,Sumter County(changeof venue fromFlorenceCounty)

1986

7. Lewis Truesdale,ChesterCounty,(changeof venue fromLancasterCounty)

1986

8. ShellieDamon,OrangeburgCounty,1987

9. Thomas Lee Davis,GreenwoodCounty,1997

10. Joseph Hudgins,AndersonCounty,1998

11. RobertConyers,ClarendonCounty,1999

12. Andre Rosemond,SpartanburgCounty,2001

4. WardellPatterson,York County,1985

SCCapitalPost-convictionevidentiaryhearings

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13. LukeWilliams,EdgefieldCounty,2002

14. Titus Huggins,Horry County2004

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