Cites To Site

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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.

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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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.