Publications, Links and Resources
ABA Guidelines
- ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Counsel in Death Penalty Cases
- Hofstra Law Review, June 2008: Supplementary Guidelines for the Mitigation Function of Defense Teams in Death Penalty Cases | pdf | link to full journal
- List of Cases Citing to the ABA Guidelines
- Summaries of Cases Citing to the ABA Guidelines
- Hofstra Law Review: containing the 2003 ABA Guidelines, commentary, and related articles | pdf
Guidelines Implementation
Other Guidelines and Standards
- NLADA Guidelines for Legal Defense Systems in the United States | pdf | doc
- ABA Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System | pdf
- DOJ Compendium of Standards for Indigent Defense Systems: Standards for Capital Case Representation
- ABA Standards for Criminal Justice: Providing Defense Services | pdf
Pro Bono Representation & Indigent Defense
- State-by-state information about standards for appointment of counsel in death penatly cases | pdf | doc
- Excerpted articles on pro bono death penalty representation from the Toledo Law Review, Spring 2004 issue | pdf
- State by State Indigent Defense Studies and Reports
- National Legal Aid & Defender Association, Nat’l Study Commission on Defense Services, Guidelines for Legal Defense Systems in the United States Final Report (1976) | pdf
Other death penalty articles
- ABA Human Rights Magazine, Spring 2007: The Death Penalty
- ABA Criminal Justice Magazine, Fall 2007: Mental Health and Criminal Justice System
- A List of State and Federal Cases Citing to the ABA Standards for Criminal Justice | doc
- Report of Commission on Capital Punishment, Illinois
- Gideon's Broken Promise: America's Continuing Quest for Equal Justice (ABA SCLAID)
- Police Experiences with Recording Custodial Interrogations (Center for Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University) | pdf
- The Death Penalty in Black and White: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides (Death Penalty Information Center report)
- State Death Penalty Assessment Reports from ABA Death Penalty Moratorium Project
- Annual death penalty statistics for 2006 from Amnesty International
Project Newsletter
Spring Project Press Newsletter
Upcoming Training and Conferences
For a list of excellent training programs for defense counsel and mitigation specialists go to Capdefnet’s website: http://www.capdefnet.org/fdprc/contents/shared_files/upcoming_seminars/upcoming.htm
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