Cites To Site
If you, or your organization, would like to be included on this list, or if you are listed and there is
an error in your listing, please contact Mark Olive
Assorted Death Penalty Projects/Organizations
ABA Death Penalty Representation Project
The Death Penalty practice area offers an array of resources for attorneys representing death row
prisoners in habeas cases.
Boalt Hall Death Penalty Clinic
The Death Penalty Clinic’s website has information about its work, including access to pleadings it
has filed and a clearinghouse of materials on execution by lethal injection.
Center for Justice in Capital Cases
The Center for Justice in Capital Cases (CJCC) at the DePaul College of Law was created to act as a
training center both for capital defense attorneys in Illinois and to train law students in a clinical
setting.
Public Interest Litigation Clinic
The Public Litigation Clinic is located in Missouri and its website includes sample pleadings from
Missouri capital cases.
Southern Center for Human Rights
General information about race and the death penalty, the work of the Southern Center for Human Rights,
and current developments in the administration of the death penalty in the United States.
Case Law, Statutes, Federal Regulations and Statistics
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Information on Federal Regulations
Regulations.gov is a U.S. Government web site where you can find, review, and submit comments on
Federal documents that are open for comment and published in the Federal Register. The site also has
a variety of links to agencies' regulatory information pages, Executive Orders, OMB policy directives,
and rule tracking information, as well as a gateway to Federal Register publications on GPO Access,
including the daily Federal Register, the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) and e-CFR, a new online
edition of the CFR updated daily.
FindLaw
A commercial website that offers an array of free resources and tools for the legal professional.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Statistics and analysis on homicide trends, courts, and sentencing.
Death Penalty Information
Capital Defense Weekly
A weekly summary of new death penalty decisions, as well as other developments related to the death
penalty such as new statutes or clemency rulings, compiled by attorney Karl Keyes.
Cornell Death Penalty Page
General information about federal habeas corpus review and capital punishment, a synopsis of recent
federal court decisions on habeas corpus and capital punishment, and links to other pertinent sites.
Death Penalty Information Center
The award winning site of the Death Penalty Information Center includes an execution data base and
information on numerous topics related to the death penalty such as innocence, deterrence, mental
retardation, race, etc. It also includes “Death Row U.S.A.” from NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund which
lists all persons currently under a sentence of death in the United States.
Death Penalty News & Updates
This website, managed by Rick Halperin, collects news stories related to the death penalty.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
NACDL devotes a portion of its website to death penalty materials, including useful articles from its
magazine, The Champion.
Federal Defenders
Arizona Federal Defender
The Arizona Federal Defender’s website includes a section for the Capital Habeas Unit with
information on recent Arizona capital cases, upcoming training, etc.
Northern District of Ohio Capital Habeas Unit Blog
The Capital Habeas Unit of the Northern District of Ohio provides information about recent
developments in capital and non-capital habeas cases from the Sixth Circuit as well as other
issues pertinent to capital litigators in that jurisdiction.
Guidelines and Standards
American Bar Association Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases (revised edition Feb. 2003)
Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function of Defense Teams in Capital Cases
Forensic Information
National Legal Aid & Defender Association, Forensics Library
NLADA provides information on numerous topics of interest to capital litigators such as blood spatter,
ballistics, fingerprints, DNA, etc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court Homepage
The Supreme Court’s official website provides docket information, court calendars, opinions and
transcripts of oral arguments.
SCOTUSBLOG
This website tracks developments at the Supreme Court including new cert grants and petitions of interest
that have been set for conference.