The Honorable William W. Wilkins

The Honorable William W. Wilkins
Public Address: "Legal, Political and Social Implications of the Death Penalty"
Location: Furman University, Younts Conference Center
October 11, 2006 at 7 PM

The Riley Institute at Furman hosted The Honorable William W. Wilkins, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Judge Wilkins delivered an address on the “Legal, Political and Social Implications of the Death Penalty” Wednesday, October 11 at 7 p.m. in the Younts Conference Center. Over 300 students and members of the community attended this event.

Wilkins, a native of Greenville, is a graduate of Davidson College and the University of South Carolina School of Law. He was editor-in-chief of the South Carolina Law Review, captain of the South Carolina National Moot Court Team, and a member of the Order of Wig and Robe. During his senior year in law school, he was selected as the Outstanding Graduate of the Year. After serving in the U.S. Army, Wilkins was a clerk for former Chief Judge Clement F. Haynsworth and served as a legislative assistant to Senator Strom Thurmond. He was elected Solicitor for the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit in 1974, and was later appointed United States District Judge for the
District of South Carolina by President Reagan.

In October 1985, President Reagan appointed Wilkins the first Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission, a position he held until October 1994. In addition to his duties on the Sentencing Commission, he continued to serve as a federal judge, and in June 1986, he was appointed United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1999, Chief Justice William Rehnquist appointed Wilkins Chair of the Committee on Criminal Law for the federal judiciary. In 2003, he was elevated to the position of Chief Judge of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The Honorable William W. Wilkins	Judge Wilkins	Judge Wilkins
Judge Wilkins	Over 300 attended the address in Younts	Judge Wilkins fielding questions

SENIOR FELLOWS

Mr. Jim Micali

Dr. James Guth

Mayor Deedee Corradini

HEAD-OF-GOVERNMENT IN RESIDENCE

Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz, 2007

SCHOLARS IN RESIDENCE

Anthony H. Barash, 2005

PAST FELLOWS

Hodding Carter, 2009

Madeleine Kunin, 2009

Thomas Boyatt, 2009

Marshall Goldman, 2008

Eibhlin Byrne, 2008

Peter Beattie, 2008

Marjorie Margolies, 2007

Ken Menkhaus, 2007

William Wilkins, 2006

Richard Norton, 2006

Peter Parussini, 2005

Andrés F. Irlando, 2004

Anthony H. Barash, 2004

Dr. George Folsom, 2004

Ambassador James Lilley, 2004

Dr. Merle Black, 2004

Hon. Stevenson McIlvaine, 2003

Hon. Mutahi Kagwe, 2003

Mr. David Shipler, 2003

Mr. John Simpkins, 2002

Hon. Monica Frassoni, 2002

Sen. Gaylord Nelson, 2001

Hon. Max Heller, 2001

Hon. Derek Shearer and Hon. Ruth Goldway, 2000

Hon. Robert Rubin, 1999