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Relevant Reading

Consistency in Death
by Steven M. Cohen

The author of this critique of A. G. Ashcroft's death penalty decisions is the former Chief of the SDNY USA's Violent Gangs Unit.

A Bibliography of Social Science Studies Useful in Capital Defense
by DPRC

A comprehensive bibliography of social science studies useful in capital defense as compiled by the DPRC. Includes articles on discussing proportionality and discrimination, analyzing data from the Capital Jury Project, and other useful articles of interest.


The Federal Death Penalty System:  A Statistical Survey (1988-2000)
Department of Justice

The long awaited death penalty study conducted by the DOJ.  The publication is available for download in Word Perfect and Adobe Acrobat formats.


"
The 1998 Year-End Report of the Federal Judiciary"
by William H. Rehnquist


Spencer Report


Appendix C of the Spencer Report 
will soon be available at this location

Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Counsel in Death Penalty Cases
American Bar Association 

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Death Penalty Press

"Appeals Court Sets Aside Rare Federal Death Sentence"

Jonathan Ringel
Fulton County Daily Report
November 3, 1999

See alsothe brief and opinion in Chandler v. United States

 

"District Judge: Lawyer Is Required for DOJ Review Process"

Sam Skolnik

Legal Times 

August 10, 1999

See alsothe motion and opinion in United States v. Pena-Gonzalez

 

"Working with the Victim's Survivors in Death Penalty Cases"

Russell Stetler
The Champion
June 1999

 

"Reno, Top Deputy Summoned to Little Rock over Lee Directive"

Linda Satter
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
June 30, 1999

 

"In Switch, Jury Says Lee Must Die"

Linda Satter
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
May 15, 1999

 

"NJ Finds Death Penalty Statistical Models Unstable"

Padraic Cassidy
New Jersey Law Journal
May 10, 1999

 

"Vt. Debates Life-or-Death-Row Matter"

Thomas Farragher
Boston Globe
February 2, 1999

 

The Federal Death Penalty and Timothy McVeigh
by
Barbara Bradley
National Public Radio

 

Drug Kingpin Laws
by Eric Westervelt
National Public Radio

 

D.C. Juries & Capital Punishment
by Brian Naylor
National Public Radio