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ABA Moratorium Reports
"A system that will take life must first give justice."
-- Former ABA President John J. Curtin, Jr.
A Summary of Moratorium Resolution Impacts from August 2001 through June 2003 (August 2003)
Appendices A-B: ABA, State Bar, and Local Government Resolutions
Appendix C: Summary Overview of Death Penalty-related Data
Appendices D-E: State and Court Decisions Regarding the Execution of Juvenile and Mentally Retarded Offenders
Appendix F: State by State Legislative Statistics
Appendix G: State Moratorium and Study Legislation
Appendix H: State Mental Retardation Legislation
Appendix I: State Juvenile Offender Legislation
Appendix J: State Race Legislation
Appendix K: State Counsel Competence and Compensation Legislation
Appendix L: State Legislation Responding to Ring v. Arizona
Appencix M: State Legislation Regarding Post-conviction Evidence
Appendix N: State Expansion and Abolition Legislation
Appendix O: State Miscellaneous Legislation
Appendix P: Federal Death Penatly-related Legislation
Appendix Q: Exonerations in Death Penalty Cases
Toward Greater Awareness: The American Bar Association Call for a Moratorium on Executions Gains Ground
A Summary of Moratorium Resolution Impacts from January 2000 through July 2001 (August 2001)
Appendix A-B - ABA, state bar, and local government moratorium resolutions
Appendix C-F - State legislative information, statutes, court decisions, exonerations, and other resources
ABA Programs
Call to Action: A Moratorium on Executions, Presented by the American Bar Association on October 12, 2000, at the Carter Center, New York City Law Review, Vol. 4 No. 2 (Spring 2000)
- Introduction by Martha Barnett
- Discussion by Tony Amsterdam
- Morning Panel A: Review of the Administration of the Death Penalty and the Need for a Nationwide Response to the ABA's Moratorium Call. Representation at all stages of the proceedings: The loss of state and federal post-conviction review, including the impact of the AEDPA and the need for an independent state judiciary.
- Morning Panel B: Review of the Administration of the Death Penalty and the Need for a Nationwide Response to the ABA's Moratorium Call. Practices of law enforcement and prosecutors; racial discrimination; juvenile/mentally retarded.
- Morning Panel Conclusion by Martha Barnett and Keynote Address: Rosalyn Carter
- Keynote Address: Governor George Ryan
- Video Address by Senator Feingold
- Afternoon Panel A: Where Do We Go From Here? Survey of Moratorium Efforts and Walk Through the Process of Enacting a Moratorium.
- Afternoon Panel B: Where Do We Go From Here? How Can We Join Forces to Enact a Moratorium?
- Conclusion by Martha Barnett
ABA "Protocols"
ABA Amicus Curiae Briefs
Banks v. Cockrell (July 2003)
Wiggins v. Corcoran (January 2003)
McCarver v. North Carolina (June 2001) (also considered in Atkins v. Virginia)

