Project Staff

Sarah E. Turberville is Director of the American Bar Association’s Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project. In this position, she encourages bar associations to press for moratoriums in their jurisdictions and encourages state government leaders to establish moratoriums and undertake detailed examinations of capital punishment laws and processes. Sarah previously worked as a staff attorney on the project where she conducted extensive research and analysis on capital punishment practices and procedures in various U.S. states. She has also served as an assistant public defender for the State of Maryland, representing indigent defendants at trial and on the “Evaluation and Review” docket, handling issues of competency to stand trial and criminal responsibility. She has represented individuals wrongfully incarcerated during and after Hurricane Katrina and she has also served as a law clerk to the defense bar in the Hague, assisting in the representation of members of the Kosova Liberation Army before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Sarah is a graduate of Tulane Law School and is a member of the Maryland Bar.