"Rethinking Death: The Death Penalty and the Process of Legal Change"

Holy Cross senior Brian McEachern has been selected by the College’s Center for Interdisciplinary and Special Studies as the 2003 spring semester’s Maurizio Vannicelli Washington Semester Away program award winner. He will present his thesis, "Rethinking Death: The Death Penalty and the Process of Legal Change," on Thursday, Nov. 6 at 4:00 p.m. in the Rehm Library.

While in Washington, D.C., McEachern served as an intern at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the research and evaluation branch of the Justice Department. His work on error and the death penalty was part of a larger research project, on the federal death penalty system, being conducted by NIJ and non-government agencies.

McEachern is a history major with a strong interest in political science. He hopes to teach high school history after graduation. A Pembroke, Mass. resident, McEachern enjoys running in his spare time.

The Vannicelli Prize is awarded each semester in honor of the late Holy Cross political science professor and Washington Program director, Maurizio Vannicelli, for the best research paper produced in the Washington Semester Away program. The recipient of the prize is accorded the opportunity to give a public lecture at the College on his or her thesis. In addition, the winner receives a bound copy of the thesis and is presented with a book award during Commencement exercises.

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