BOSTON TERRORIST SUSPECT

Contact:   USC Gould School of Law News Service
                  Gilien Silsby (213) 740-9690 or (213) 500-8673

E-mail: gsilsby@law.usc.edu

BOSTON TERRORIST SUSPECT

USC LEGAL EXPERTS AVAILABLE

MEDIA ADVISORY

Rebecca Lonergan, USC law professor, former federal prosecutor and expert on terrorism, the death penalty and criminal law. She can discuss the charges, which are death-penalty-eligible “terrorism” charges, why officials chose not to “mirandize” him, what is likely to happen next and what is likely to happen in the longer term if he continues to be cooperative.
Lonergan can be reached at (213) 740-5599 or (310) 766-2915

Josh Lockman, USC law lecturer and expert in foreign policy and international law. He can discuss homeland security, counterterrorism law, U.S. counterterrorism post-911 and the Boston bombings, U.S. war against al Qaeda and other radical groups overseas and U.S. counterterrorism policy and international law
Lockman can be reached at (310) 995-1819

Edwin Smith, USC law professor and international law expert. He can discuss homeland security, counterterrorism law, U.S. counterterrorism post-911 and the Boston bombings, U.S. war against al Qaeda and other radical groups overseas and U.S.  counterterrorism policy and international law.
Smith can be reached at (310) 487-1814 or (213) 740-2563