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Indian Law Bulletin [National Indian Law Library]
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International Indian Treaty Council
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Kappler’s Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties
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Law Library of Congress, Indians of North America
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ABDUR'RAHMAN V. BELL, 537 U.S. 101 (2002) ADAMS V. TEX., 448 U.S. 38 (1980) ALA. V. SHELTON, 535 U.S. 654 (2002) APPRENDI V. N.J., 530 U.S. 466 (2000) ARAVE V. CREECH, 507 U.S. 463 (1993) ARIZ. V. FULMINANTE, 499 U.S. 279 (1991) ATKINS V. VA., 536 U.S. 304 (2002) AYERS v. BELMONTES (SCT - 05-493) (11.13.2006) BAGLEY, U.S. V., 473 U.S. 667 (1985) BANKS V. DRETKE, 540 U.S. 668 (2004) BARCLAY V. FLA., 463 U.S. 939 (1983) BAREFOOT V. ESTELLE, 463 U.S. 880 (1983) BATSON V. KY., 476 U.S. 79 (1986) BAZE V. REES (No. 07-5439) BELL V. CONE, 535 U.S. 685 (2002) BOOTH V. MD., 482 U.S. 496 (1987) BRADY v. MD., 373 U.S. 83 (1963) BULLINGTON V. MO., 451 U.S. 430 (1981) BURDINE V. JOHNSON, 262 F.3d 336 (5th Cir. 2001) CABANA V. BULLOCK, 474 U.S. 376 (1986) CAL. V. RAMOS, 463 U.S. 992 (1983) CALDWELL v. MISS., 472 U.S. 320 (1985) CALLINS V. COLLINS, 510 U.S. 1141 (1994) CAREY V. MUSLADIN (SCT - 05-493)(12.11.2006) CHAPMAN V. CAL., 386 U.S. 18 (1967) CLEMONS V. MISS., 494 U.S. 738 (1990) COKER V. GA., 433 U.S. 584 (1977) COLEMAN V. THOMPSON, 501 U.S. 722 (1991) DARDEN V. WAINWRIGHT, 477 U.S. 168 (1986) DOBBS V. ZANT, 506 U.S. 357 (1993) DUSKY V. U.S., 362 U.S. 402 (1960) EDDINGS V. OKLA., 455 U.S. 104 (1982) ENMUND V. FLA., 458 US 782 (1982) EX PARTE MEDELLIN (TEX.CRIM.APP)(11.15.2006) FORD V. WAINWRIGHT, 477 U.S. 399 (1986) FURMAN V. GA., 408 U.S. 238 (1972) GARDNER V. FLA., 430 U.S. 349 (1977) GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT, 372 U.S. 335 (1963) GODFREY V. GA., 446 U.S. 420 (1980) GODINEZ V. MORAN, 509 U.S. 389 (1993) GRAY V. MISS., 481 U.S. 648 (1987) GREGG V. GA., 428 U.S. 153 (1976) HERRERA V. COLLINS, 506 U.S. 390 (1993) HILL V. MCDONOUGH, 547 U.S. ___ (2006) JACOBS V. SCOTT, 513 U.S. 1067 (1995) JUREK V. TEX., 428 U.S. 262 (1976) KAN. V. MARSH, 126 S.Ct. 2516, 165 L.Ed.2d 429 (No. 04-1170)(2006) KELLY V. S.C., 534 U.S. 246 (2002) KEMMLER, IN RE, 136 U.S. 436 (1890) KENNEDY V LOUISIANA (07–343) (June 25, 2008) KYLES V. WHITLEY, 514 U.S. 419 (1995) LACKEY V. TEX., 514 U.S. 1045 (1995) LOCKETT V. OHIO, 438 U.S. 586 (1978) LOCKHART V. FRETWELL, 506 U.S. 364 (1993) LOCKHART V. MCCREE (1986) LOWENFIELD V. PHELPS, 484 U.S. 231 (1988) MAYNARD v. CARTWRIGHT, 486 U.S. 356 (1988) MCCLESKEY V. KEMP, 481 U.S. 279 (1987) MCCLESKEY V. ZANT, 499 U.S. 467 (1991) MCFARLAND V. SCOTT, 512 U.S. 849 (1994) MCGAUTHA V. CAL., 402 U.S. 183 (1971) MCKOY V. NORTH CAROLINA, 494 U.S. 433 (1990) MEDELLIN v. TEXAS (06-984) (March 28, 2008) MESSER v. KEMP, 474 U.S. 1088 (1986) MICKENS V. TAYLOR, 535 U.S. 162 (2002) MILLER-EL V. DRETKE, 545 U.S. 231 (2005) MINISTER OF JUSTICE V. BURNS, 1 S.C.R. 283, 2001 SCC 7 (2001) MORGAN V. ILL., 504 U.S. 719 (1992) MURRAY V. GIARRATANO, 492 U.S. 1 (1989) NELSON V. CAMPBELL, 541 U.S. 637 (2004) NORRIS V. ALA., 294 U.S. 587 (1935) OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY V. WOODARD, 523 U.S. 272 (1998) O’SULLIVAN V. BOERCKEL, 526 U.S. 838 (1999) PANETTI V. QUARTERMAN (No. 06-6407) (06.28.2007) PAYNE V. TENN., 501 U.S. 808 (1991) PENRY V. JOHNSON, 532 U.S. 782 (2001) PENRY V. LYNAUGH, 492 U.S. 302 (1989) POWELL V. ALA., 287 U.S. 45 (1932) PROFFITT V. FLA., 428 U.S. 242 (1976) PULLEY V. HARRIS, 465 U.S. 37 (1984) RHINES V. WEBER, 544 U.S. 269 (2005) RING V. ARIZ., 536 U.S. 584 (2002) ROBERTS V. LA., 428 U.S. 325 (1976) ROBINSON V. CAL., 370 U.S. 660 (1962) ROPER V. SIMMONS, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) S.C. V. GATHERS, 490 U.S. 805 (1989) SAWYER V. WHITLEY, 505 U.S. 333 (1992) SCHRIRO V. SUMMERLIN, 542 U.S. 348 (2004) SHAFER V. S.C., 532 U.S. 36 (2001) SIMMONS V. S.C., 512 U.S. 154 (1994) SKIPPER V. S.C., 476 U.S. 1 (1986) SMITH V. TEX., 543 U.S. 37 (2004) SNYDER v. LOUISIANA (06-10119)(March 19, 2008) SPAZIANO V. FLA., 468 U.S. 447 (1984) STANFORD V. KY., 492 U.S. 361 (1989) STEWART V. MARTINEZ-VILLAREAL STONE V. POWELL, 428 U.S. 465 (1976) STRICKLAND V. WASH., 466 U.S. 668 (1984) TEAGUE V. LANE, 489 U.S. 288 (1989) THOMPSON V. OKLA., 487 U.S. 815 (1988) TISON V. ARIZ., 481 U.S. 137 (1987) TROP V. DULLES, 356 U.S. 86 (1958) TUILAEPA V. CAL., 512 U.S. 967 (1994) TURNER V. MURRAY, 476 U.S. 28 (1986) UTTECHT v. BROWN (06-413) (06.04.2007) WALTON V. ARIZ., 497 U.S. 639 (1990) WEEKS V. ANGELONE, 528 U.S. 225 (2000) WEEMS V. U.S., 217 U.S. 349 (1910) WHITMORE V. ARK., 495 U.S. 149 (1990) WIGGINS V. SMITH, 539 U.S. 510 (2003) WILLIAMS V. NEW YORK , 337 U.S. 241 (1949) WILLIAMS V. TAYLOR, 529 U.S. 362 (2000) WITHERSPOON V. ILL., 391 U.S. 510 (1968) WITHROW V. WILLIAMS, 507 U.S. 680 (1993) WOODSON v. N.C., 428 U.S. 280 (1976) ZANT V. STEPHENS, 462 U.S. 862 (1983)
ABDUR'RAHMAN V. BELL, 537 U.S. 101 (2002) ADAMS V. TEX., 448 U.S. 38 (1980) ALA. V. SHELTON, 535 U.S. 654 (2002) APPRENDI V. N.J., 530 U.S. 466 (2000) ARAVE V. CREECH, 507 U.S. 463 (1993) ARIZ. V. FULMINANTE, 499 U.S. 279 (1991) ATKINS V. VA., 536 U.S. 304 (2002) AYERS v. BELMONTES (SCT - 05-493) (11.13.2006) BAGLEY, U.S. V., 473 U.S. 667 (1985) BANKS V. DRETKE, 540 U.S. 668 (2004) BARCLAY V. FLA., 463 U.S. 939 (1983) BAREFOOT V. ESTELLE, 463 U.S. 880 (1983) BATSON V. KY., 476 U.S. 79 (1986) BAZE V. REES (No. 07-5439) BELL V. CONE, 535 U.S. 685 (2002) BOOTH V. MD., 482 U.S. 496 (1987) BRADY v. MD., 373 U.S. 83 (1963) BULLINGTON V. MO., 451 U.S. 430 (1981) BURDINE V. JOHNSON, 262 F.3d 336 (5th Cir. 2001) CABANA V. BULLOCK, 474 U.S. 376 (1986) CAL. V. RAMOS, 463 U.S. 992 (1983) CALDWELL v. MISS., 472 U.S. 320 (1985) CALLINS V. COLLINS, 510 U.S. 1141 (1994) CAREY V. MUSLADIN (SCT - 05-493)(12.11.2006) CHAPMAN V. CAL., 386 U.S. 18 (1967) CLEMONS V. MISS., 494 U.S. 738 (1990) COKER V. GA., 433 U.S. 584 (1977) COLEMAN V. THOMPSON, 501 U.S. 722 (1991) DARDEN V. WAINWRIGHT, 477 U.S. 168 (1986) DOBBS V. ZANT, 506 U.S. 357 (1993) DUSKY V. U.S., 362 U.S. 402 (1960) EDDINGS V. OKLA., 455 U.S. 104 (1982) ENMUND V. FLA., 458 US 782 (1982) EX PARTE MEDELLIN (TEX.CRIM.APP)(11.15.2006) FORD V. WAINWRIGHT, 477 U.S. 399 (1986) FURMAN V. GA., 408 U.S. 238 (1972) GARDNER V. FLA., 430 U.S. 349 (1977) GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT, 372 U.S. 335 (1963) GODFREY V. GA., 446 U.S. 420 (1980) GODINEZ V. MORAN, 509 U.S. 389 (1993) GRAY V. MISS., 481 U.S. 648 (1987) GREGG V. GA., 428 U.S. 153 (1976) HERRERA V. COLLINS, 506 U.S. 390 (1993) HILL V. MCDONOUGH, 547 U.S. ___ (2006) JACOBS V. SCOTT, 513 U.S. 1067 (1995) JUREK V. TEX., 428 U.S. 262 (1976) KAN. V. MARSH, 126 S.Ct. 2516, 165 L.Ed.2d 429 (No. 04-1170)(2006) KELLY V. S.C., 534 U.S. 246 (2002) KEMMLER, IN RE, 136 U.S. 436 (1890) KENNEDY V LOUISIANA (07–343) (June 25, 2008) KYLES V. WHITLEY, 514 U.S. 419 (1995) LACKEY V. TEX., 514 U.S. 1045 (1995) LOCKETT V. OHIO, 438 U.S. 586 (1978) LOCKHART V. FRETWELL, 506 U.S. 364 (1993) LOCKHART V. MCCREE (1986) LOWENFIELD V. PHELPS, 484 U.S. 231 (1988) MAYNARD v. CARTWRIGHT, 486 U.S. 356 (1988) MCCLESKEY V. KEMP, 481 U.S. 279 (1987) MCCLESKEY V. ZANT, 499 U.S. 467 (1991) MCFARLAND V. SCOTT, 512 U.S. 849 (1994) MCGAUTHA V. CAL., 402 U.S. 183 (1971) MCKOY V. NORTH CAROLINA, 494 U.S. 433 (1990) MEDELLIN v. TEXAS (06-984) (March 28, 2008) MESSER v. KEMP, 474 U.S. 1088 (1986) MICKENS V. TAYLOR, 535 U.S. 162 (2002) MILLER-EL V. DRETKE, 545 U.S. 231 (2005) MINISTER OF JUSTICE V. BURNS, 1 S.C.R. 283, 2001 SCC 7 (2001) MORGAN V. ILL., 504 U.S. 719 (1992) MURRAY V. GIARRATANO, 492 U.S. 1 (1989) NELSON V. CAMPBELL, 541 U.S. 637 (2004) NORRIS V. ALA., 294 U.S. 587 (1935) OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY V. WOODARD, 523 U.S. 272 (1998) O’SULLIVAN V. BOERCKEL, 526 U.S. 838 (1999) PANETTI V. QUARTERMAN (No. 06-6407) (06.28.2007) PAYNE V. TENN., 501 U.S. 808 (1991) PENRY V. JOHNSON, 532 U.S. 782 (2001) PENRY V. LYNAUGH, 492 U.S. 302 (1989) POWELL V. ALA., 287 U.S. 45 (1932) PROFFITT V. FLA., 428 U.S. 242 (1976) PULLEY V. HARRIS, 465 U.S. 37 (1984) RHINES V. WEBER, 544 U.S. 269 (2005) RING V. ARIZ., 536 U.S. 584 (2002) ROBERTS V. LA., 428 U.S. 325 (1976) ROBINSON V. CAL., 370 U.S. 660 (1962) ROPER V. SIMMONS, 543 U.S. 551 (2005) S.C. V. GATHERS, 490 U.S. 805 (1989) SAWYER V. WHITLEY, 505 U.S. 333 (1992) SCHRIRO V. SUMMERLIN, 542 U.S. 348 (2004) SHAFER V. S.C., 532 U.S. 36 (2001) SIMMONS V. S.C., 512 U.S. 154 (1994) SKIPPER V. S.C., 476 U.S. 1 (1986) SMITH V. TEX., 543 U.S. 37 (2004) SNYDER v. LOUISIANA (06-10119)(March 19, 2008) SPAZIANO V. FLA., 468 U.S. 447 (1984) STANFORD V. KY., 492 U.S. 361 (1989) STEWART V. MARTINEZ-VILLAREAL STONE V. POWELL, 428 U.S. 465 (1976) STRICKLAND V. WASH., 466 U.S. 668 (1984) TEAGUE V. LANE, 489 U.S. 288 (1989) THOMPSON V. OKLA., 487 U.S. 815 (1988) TISON V. ARIZ., 481 U.S. 137 (1987) TROP V. DULLES, 356 U.S. 86 (1958) TUILAEPA V. CAL., 512 U.S. 967 (1994) TURNER V. MURRAY, 476 U.S. 28 (1986) UTTECHT v. BROWN (06-413) (06.04.2007) WALTON V. ARIZ., 497 U.S. 639 (1990) WEEKS V. ANGELONE, 528 U.S. 225 (2000) WEEMS V. U.S., 217 U.S. 349 (1910) WHITMORE V. ARK., 495 U.S. 149 (1990) WIGGINS V. SMITH, 539 U.S. 510 (2003) WILLIAMS V. NEW YORK , 337 U.S. 241 (1949) WILLIAMS V. TAYLOR, 529 U.S. 362 (2000) WITHERSPOON V. ILL., 391 U.S. 510 (1968) WITHROW V. WILLIAMS, 507 U.S. 680 (1993) WOODSON v. N.C., 428 U.S. 280 (1976) ZANT V. STEPHENS, 462 U.S. 862 (1983)
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ABA Death Penalty Moratorium Project ABA Moratorium ACLU : Death Penalty AI - Death Penalty AI : Abolitionist/Retentionist AMA : E-2.06 American Constitution Society : ACS Blog Amnesty International Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Bureau of Justice Statistics California Appellate Report Capital Defense Network Capital Defense Weekly CrimeReports.com Criminal Justice Journalists' News Center CrimProf Blog Death Penalty Links European Union and the Death Penalty (Capital Punishment) Eyewitness Identification Reform Blog FAMM Home Page Human Rights Magazine - ABA Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities Human Rights Watch: United States: The Death Penalty Justice Policy Institute Justice Research and Statistics Association Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention LAPD Blog NAACP Legal Defense Fund National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law National Criminal Justice Reference Service National Institute of Justice Neuroethics & Law Blog Ninth Circuit Capital Punishment Handbook public criminology Real Cost of Prisons Weblog Reprieve SCOTUSblog ScotusWiki Sentencing Law and Policy Sentencing Project Southern Center for Human Rights Southern Poverty Law Center StandDown Texas Project TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime US Sentencing Commission Vera Institute of Justice Sentencing and Corrections Warhol, Electric Chair
capital punishment ~ key sites
American Bar Association (ABA) Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project
The Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project, led by director Deborah Fleischaker, was launched by the American Bar Association (ABA) in September 2001 as the "next step" towards a nationwide moratorium on executions.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) : Capital Punishment Project (CPP)
The Capital Punishment Project (CPP) challenges the unfairness and arbitrariness of capital punishment while working toward the ultimate goal of abolishing the death penalty.
American Constitution Society (ACS) - ACSBlog
ACS promotes the vitality of the U.S. Constitution and the fundamental values it expresses: individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, access to justice, democracy and the rule of law.
American Medical Association (AMA) Policy E-2.06 Capital Punishment
A physician, as a member of a profession dedicated to preserving life when there is hope of doing so, should not be a participant in a legally authorized execution.
Amnesty International: Abolitionist Retentionist Countries
More than two-thirds of the countries in the world have now abolished the death penalty in law or practice...
Amnesty International: Human rights by topic - Death penalty
The death penalty violates the right to life. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It has no place in a modern criminal justice system.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (Dept. of Justice)
BJS mission: To collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
California Appellate Report
Thoughts on recent Ninth Circuit and California appellate cases from Professor Shaun Martin at the University of San Diego School of Law.
Capital Defense Network
Supporting the Federal Capital Defense Lawyer. Providing Habeas Assistance and Training as well as Federal Capital Defense Counsel Support.
Capital Defense Weekly (Blog)
Tracking capital issues throughout the U.S. If you need to know, minute to minute, the latest death penalty developments, subscribe to CDW's RSS feed.
Capital Punishment Statistics (Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice)
Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death at yearend and of persons executed. The annual BJS report summarizes movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during the year.
CrimeReports.com
Mapping crime incidents -- CrimeReports.com makes it simple and easy for police agencies to share timely and important local crime data with citizens, activists and other community organizations [This is a GIS].
CrimProf Blog
A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network.
Death Penalty Focus
A non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives.
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
DPIC is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment.
Death Penalty Links, 1000+
Clark County, Indiana, Prosecuting Attorney Office.
Death Penalty Overview [Wex - LII / Legal Information Institute]
Wex is a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School.
Eyewitness Identification Reform Blog
Faulty eyewitness identifications are a well-known problem in the American criminal justice system, as demonstrated by over 200 exonerations brought about by the Innocence Project -- a full 75% of which are attributable to false eyewitness IDs.
European Union (EU) Policy and Action on the Death Penalty
The European Union (EU) is opposed to the death penalty in all cases and has consistently espoused its universal abolition, working towards this goal.
FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums)
Mandatory minimum sentencing laws require harsh, automatic prison terms for those convicted of certain crimes, most often drug offenses.
Human Rights Watch, Death Penalty
Human Rights Watch is a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
Innocence Project
The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
justcrim - open access research cases and materials
Digital surrogate for capital punishment seminar content -- An open access (free) case book for death penalty jurisprudence.
LethalInjection.org
Lethalinjection.org is a project of the Death Penalty Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law. The mission of lethalinjection.org is to create a web-based clearinghouse for information about lethal injection and challenges to lethal injection as a method of execution.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
Ninth Circuit Capital Punishment Handbook
This 2006 electronic edition of the Capital Punishment Handbook has been revised and updated. It is current through March 10, 2006.
Reprieve
Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.
SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) BLOG
The best law blog available, period. Tracking all things SCTOUS related but especially strong at Capital Punishment issues.
SCOTUS WIKI
The same people who excel at SCOTUS BLOG excel at sharing key information via the SCOTUS Wiki.
Sentencing Law and Policy (Blog)
A member of the Law Professor Blogs Network.
The Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project, led by director Deborah Fleischaker, was launched by the American Bar Association (ABA) in September 2001 as the "next step" towards a nationwide moratorium on executions.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) : Capital Punishment Project (CPP)
The Capital Punishment Project (CPP) challenges the unfairness and arbitrariness of capital punishment while working toward the ultimate goal of abolishing the death penalty.
American Constitution Society (ACS) - ACSBlog
ACS promotes the vitality of the U.S. Constitution and the fundamental values it expresses: individual rights and liberties, genuine equality, access to justice, democracy and the rule of law.
American Medical Association (AMA) Policy E-2.06 Capital Punishment
A physician, as a member of a profession dedicated to preserving life when there is hope of doing so, should not be a participant in a legally authorized execution.
Amnesty International: Abolitionist Retentionist Countries
More than two-thirds of the countries in the world have now abolished the death penalty in law or practice...
Amnesty International: Human rights by topic - Death penalty
The death penalty violates the right to life. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It has no place in a modern criminal justice system.
Bureau of Justice Statistics (Dept. of Justice)
BJS mission: To collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
California Appellate Report
Thoughts on recent Ninth Circuit and California appellate cases from Professor Shaun Martin at the University of San Diego School of Law.
Capital Defense Network
Supporting the Federal Capital Defense Lawyer. Providing Habeas Assistance and Training as well as Federal Capital Defense Counsel Support.
Capital Defense Weekly (Blog)
Tracking capital issues throughout the U.S. If you need to know, minute to minute, the latest death penalty developments, subscribe to CDW's RSS feed.
Capital Punishment Statistics (Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Justice)
Presents characteristics of persons under sentence of death at yearend and of persons executed. The annual BJS report summarizes movement of prisoners into and out of death sentence status during the year.
CrimeReports.com
Mapping crime incidents -- CrimeReports.com makes it simple and easy for police agencies to share timely and important local crime data with citizens, activists and other community organizations [This is a GIS].
CrimProf Blog
A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network.
Death Penalty Focus
A non-profit organization dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through grassroots organizing, research, and the dissemination of information about the death penalty and its alternatives.
Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
DPIC is a non-profit organization serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment.
Death Penalty Links, 1000+
Clark County, Indiana, Prosecuting Attorney Office.
Death Penalty Overview [Wex - LII / Legal Information Institute]
Wex is a collaboratively-created, public-access law dictionary and encyclopedia sponsored and hosted by the Legal Information Institute at the Cornell Law School.
Eyewitness Identification Reform Blog
Faulty eyewitness identifications are a well-known problem in the American criminal justice system, as demonstrated by over 200 exonerations brought about by the Innocence Project -- a full 75% of which are attributable to false eyewitness IDs.
European Union (EU) Policy and Action on the Death Penalty
The European Union (EU) is opposed to the death penalty in all cases and has consistently espoused its universal abolition, working towards this goal.
FAMM (Families Against Mandatory Minimums)
Mandatory minimum sentencing laws require harsh, automatic prison terms for those convicted of certain crimes, most often drug offenses.
Human Rights Watch, Death Penalty
Human Rights Watch is a non-governmental organization (NGO) dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
Innocence Project
The Innocence Project is a national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
justcrim - open access research cases and materials
Digital surrogate for capital punishment seminar content -- An open access (free) case book for death penalty jurisprudence.
LethalInjection.org
Lethalinjection.org is a project of the Death Penalty Clinic at UC Berkeley School of Law. The mission of lethalinjection.org is to create a web-based clearinghouse for information about lethal injection and challenges to lethal injection as a method of execution.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
Ninth Circuit Capital Punishment Handbook
This 2006 electronic edition of the Capital Punishment Handbook has been revised and updated. It is current through March 10, 2006.
Reprieve
Reprieve uses the law to enforce the human rights of prisoners, from death row to Guantánamo Bay.
SCOTUS (Supreme Court of the United States) BLOG
The best law blog available, period. Tracking all things SCTOUS related but especially strong at Capital Punishment issues.
SCOTUS WIKI
The same people who excel at SCOTUS BLOG excel at sharing key information via the SCOTUS Wiki.
Sentencing Law and Policy (Blog)
A member of the Law Professor Blogs Network.
State of California, Capital Punishment
State web-based clearinghouse on capital punishment from the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
State of California, Death Row Pictures
Includes images from San Quentin and the Central California Women's Facility. Click the thumbnail image to open the Hi-Res photo in a new browser window, then follow the instructions for your platform and browser.
State of California, History of Capital Punishment in California
Legal executions in California were authorized under the Criminal Practices Act of 1851. On February 14, 1872, capital punishment was incorporated into the Penal Code.
State of California, Lethal Injection Facility Virtual Tour
View a virtual tour of the existing lethal injection facility and the proposed lethal injection facility.
Warhol's Electric Chairs
Andy Warhol's Electric Chairs: Reflecting on Capital Punishment in America presented Warhol's Electric Chair series of paintings and prints ... as a catalyst to generate dialogue around the various sides of the capital punishment debate.
constitution
"The Constitution of the United States comprises the primary law of the U.S. Federal Government. It also describes the three chief branches of the Federal Government and their jurisdictions. In addition, it lays out the basic rights of citizens of the United States. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest Federal constitution in existence and was framed by a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original states in Philadelphia in May 1787. The Constitution is the landmark legal document of the United States..." [ GPO Access ]
- Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
- GPO Access - Constitution of the United States
- LII / Legal Information Institute - The Constitution of the United States of America
- National Archives - Charters of Freedom
- National Archives - Bill of Rights
- Constitutional law: an overview. Wex - LII / Legal Information Institute
attorneys
California, State Bar of ... Database of California Attorneys
Online public info includes Attorney’s Name, Address, Telephone/fax, e-mail, Date of admission to State Bar of Cal, Undergraduate/law schools attended, Membership status, (current eligibility to practice law in Cal), and Public record of discipline.
Fee Fie Foe Firm - The Law Firm Search Engine
"Fee Fie Foe Firm USA is your window to the world of law firms. We're a search engine that focuses on the websites of US law firms. Use the search box above to search for legal experts, law firm bulletins, articles, press releases and more!"
Lawyers.com
LexisNexis.com
Martindale.com/
Martindale-Hubbell is "... the authoritative resource for information on the worldwide legal profession..."
Online public info includes Attorney’s Name, Address, Telephone/fax, e-mail, Date of admission to State Bar of Cal, Undergraduate/law schools attended, Membership status, (current eligibility to practice law in Cal), and Public record of discipline.
Fee Fie Foe Firm - The Law Firm Search Engine
"Fee Fie Foe Firm USA is your window to the world of law firms. We're a search engine that focuses on the websites of US law firms. Use the search box above to search for legal experts, law firm bulletins, articles, press releases and more!"
Lawyers.com
LexisNexis.com
Martindale.com/
Martindale-Hubbell is "... the authoritative resource for information on the worldwide legal profession..."
refworks, abbreviations, citations, style, etcetera
UCI Libraries, Writing Resources
UCI Libraries, RefWorks
APA Style
APA Style, Electronic Resources
Basic Legal Citation
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
How to use the APA Guide, UC Santa Cruz
How to use the MLA Guide, UC Santa Cruz
Owl at Purdue, APA
Owl at Purdue, MLA
Strunk and White, The Elements of Style
UCI Libraries, RefWorks
APA Style
APA Style, Electronic Resources
Basic Legal Citation
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations
How to use the APA Guide, UC Santa Cruz
How to use the MLA Guide, UC Santa Cruz
Owl at Purdue, APA
Owl at Purdue, MLA
Strunk and White, The Elements of Style
crim law related web sites
American Correctional Association (ACA)
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
American Bar Association (ABA) - Criminal Justice Section
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Society of Criminology (ASC)
Amnesty International (AI)
British Society of Criminology (BSC)
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Corrections.com (Corrections Connection Network)
CrimeReports.com
Criminal Justice Links (Florida State University)
CrimProf Blog
Department of Homeland Security
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP)
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (FJRSC)
Hieros Gamos Criminal Links
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Infobase of State Activities and Research (ISAR)
Interpol
Just Detention International
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
National Rifle Association (NRA)
National Youth Gang Center
Office of Justice Program, U.S. Department of Justice (OJP)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Rand Organization
Sentencing Law and Policy blog
Social Statistics Briefing Room (White House)
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Uniform Crime Report (FBI)
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP)
United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
U.S. Secret Service
Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences (ACJS)
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
American Bar Association (ABA) - Criminal Justice Section
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
American Society of Criminology (ASC)
Amnesty International (AI)
British Society of Criminology (BSC)
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Corrections.com (Corrections Connection Network)
CrimeReports.com
Criminal Justice Links (Florida State University)
CrimProf Blog
Department of Homeland Security
Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP)
Federal Justice Statistics Resource Center (FJRSC)
Hieros Gamos Criminal Links
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Infobase of State Activities and Research (ISAR)
Interpol
Just Detention International
National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
National Criminal Justice Association (NCJA)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) Abstracts Database
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
National Rifle Association (NRA)
National Youth Gang Center
Office of Justice Program, U.S. Department of Justice (OJP)
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Rand Organization
Sentencing Law and Policy blog
Social Statistics Briefing Room (White House)
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
Statistical Abstract of the United States
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Uniform Crime Report (FBI)
United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention (ODCCP)
United States Department of Justice (DOJ)
U.S. Secret Service
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