Victor L. Streib

Biography:
Victor L. Streib is a Professor of Law at Ohio Northern University and an
attorney specializing in violent crime and the death penalty. Professor Streib has
taught at six institutions and has authored over 300 books, chapters, articles, and
papers during his academic career. His research has been cited 28 times in
opinions of the United States Supreme Court (1986-2005). As an attorney, he has
served as a prosecuting attorney and a defense attorney, and he has represented
juveniles and women convicted of murder before the United States Supreme
Court and several state supreme courts. He also has testified before committees of
the United States Congress and of seven state legislatures on these issues. His
media interviews include 60 Minutes, All Things Considered, Time Magazine, Wall
Street Journal, New York Times, and London Times.

Experience In Higher Education:
PRIMARY POSITIONS HELD

Ella & Ernest Fisher Chair, 2005-present; Professor, 1996-present; Dean,
1996-2000

Pettit College of Law; Ohio Northern University; Ada, Ohio

Visiting Professor and Professor, 1980-1996 Associate Dean, 1981-1983;

Cleveland Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University;

Cleveland, OH

Associate Professor, 1978-1980

New England School of Law; Boston, MA

Lecturer, Assistant Professor, and Associate Professor, 1971-1978

Department of Forensic Studies (now Criminal Justice); Indiana

University College of Arts and Sciences; Bloomington, IN

Selected Experience In Law Practice:

Co-Counsel for Appellant, Jerome Allen v. Florida, 636 So.2d 494 (Fla.
1994) (death penalty for 15-year-old boy)
Co-Counsel for Petitioner, Paula Cooper v. Indiana, 540 N.E.2d 1216 (Ind.
1989) (death penalty for 15-year-old girl)
Co-Counsel for Petitioner, Wayne Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U.S. 815
(1988) (death penalty for 15-year-old boy)
Expert Witness on Death Penalty for Juveniles: West Palm Beach (1986),
Houston (1989), Phoenix (1993, 2001, 2002), New Orleans (1995), and
Philadelphia (2002).
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney (1976), Bloomington, Indiana (assigned
primarily to Juvenile Court)

Selected Professional Activities and Memberships:

Association of American Law Schools: Accreditation Evaluation, 1994-
2000; Journal of Legal Education Board, 1999-2001; Curriculum &
Research Committee, 1994-1997; Visiting Fellow, 1993-1994; Section
Chair, 1983-1984 and 1985-1986.
American Bar Association: Law School Site Evaluator, 1991-2000;
Curriculum Committee, 1998-2002; Law School Administrative
Committee, 1998-2001; Co-Chair, Juvenile Justice Committee, 2005-
present.

Selected Publications:
STATE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE 2006 (Chicago: ABA) (2007) (editor and contributing author).

THE FAIRER DEATH: EXECUTING WOMEN IN OHIO (Athens, OH: Ohio
University Press) (2006).

Rare and Inconsistent: The Death Penalty for Women, 33 FORDHAM URBAN
LAW JOURNAL 609 (2006).

DEATH PENALTY IN A NUTSHELL (St. Paul, MN: Thomson West) (2003; 2nd
ed. 2005).

Prosecutorial Discretion in Juvenile Homicide Cases, 109 PENN STATE LAW
REVIEW 1071 (2005).

Would You Lie to Save Your Client’s Life? Ethics and Effectiveness in Defending
Against Death, 42 BRANDEIS LAW REVIEW 405 (2004).

Adolescence, Mental Retardation, and the Death Penalty: The Siren Call of
Atkins v. Virginia, 33 NEW MEXICO LAW REVIEW 183 (2003).

Executing Juvenile Offenders: The Ultimate Denial of Juvenile Justice, 14
STANFORD LAW AND POLICY REVIEW 121 (2003).

Gendering the Death Penalty: Countering Sex Bias in a Masculine Sancutary, 63
OHIO STATE LAW JOURNAL 433 (2002).

American Death Penalty Law, 63 (University of Iceland) ULFLJOTUR LAW
REVIEW 217 (August 2001).

Moratorium on the Death Penalty for Juveniles, 61 (Duke University) LAW &
CONTEMPORARY PROBLEMS 55 (1998).

The Efficacy of Harsh Punishments for Teenage Violence, 31 VALPARAISO
UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 427 (1997).

Sentencing Juvenile Murderers: Punish the Last Offender or Save the Next
Victim?, 26 UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO LAW REVIEW 765 (1995).

ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN LAW SCHOOLS, LAW DEANSHIP MANUAL
(1993) (coauthor, editor and producer of final report and manual).

A CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ANTHOLOGY (editor) (Cincinnati: Anderson
Publishing Company) (1993).

Death Penalty for Battered Women, 20 FLORIDA STATE LAW REVIEW 163
(1992).

Death Penalty for Female Offenders, 58 UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI LAW
REVIEW 845 (1990).

DEATH PENALTY FOR JUVENILES (Bloomington, IN: I.U. Press) (1987).

Executions Under the Post-Furman Capital Punishment Statutes, 15 RUTGERS
LAW JOURNAL 443 (1984).

Death Penalty for Children, 36 OKLAHOMA LAW REVIEW 613 (1983).

JUVENILE JUSTICE IN AMERICA (Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press)
(1978).

Emerging Human and Legal Rights of Children, 2 BEHAVIOR DISORDERS16
(1976) (with David Walters).

Women Executives, Managers and Professionals in the Indiana Criminal Justice
System, 8 INDIANA LAW REVIEW 297 (1974) (with Julia Lamber).