Baylor Law prof to provide testimony for Congressional committee

The U.S. House has turned to Baylor for expertise on a particularly delicate subject. Should minors tried as adults be subject to life sentences without parole?

Today — maybe even as you read this — Baylor Law professor Mark Osler is testifying in Washington, D.C., before a U.S. House of Representatives judiciary subcommittee, one of a select number of experts invited to give testimony supporting a House bill which would ban that practice. The U.S. is one of only two countries in the world that allows offenders under age 18 to be sentenced to life without parole (the other is Somalia).

Recent Baylor law graduate Kaye Johnson and second-year student Chris Rusek made the trip to D.C. with Osler after having helped their professor conduct research for his testimony. “I always include students in the work I perform outside the classroom to show them the real impact the legal profession has on our world,” Osler said.

Osler’s appearance before the committee is slated for 2 p.m. CT and likely will be broadcast on C-SPAN.

Sic ’em, Professor Osler!