Links & Resources
- Capital Punishment
Resources
Related Websites.
Most Listings from the Death
Penalty Information Center
Government Resources
- Federal
- State
- Legislative
Research & Legal Resources
Advocacy & Abolitionist Groups
- International/National
- State
- Religious
Resources for Victims
Inmate Correspondence Groups
Other Sources
Government Resources
Federal
State
Departments of Corrections, Prosecutor, and Public Defender Offices
(sites often include history, list of death row inmates, case histories,
and upcoming executions)
Legislative
- Sen. Leahy, Innocence Protection Act of 2001
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www.thomas.loc.gov (search
by bill number S486)
Research & Legal Sources
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ABA Death Penalty Representation Project -
a Web site with a public page describing the Project's primary goal to
recruit law firms to represent death sentenced prisoners; the site
includes a password protected area limited to lawyers representing
individuals facing the death penalty.
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ABA Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project. The Project
will work toward achieving a national moratorium on executions until the
death penalty process is reformed.
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Address of Death Row Units in the U.S.- addresses of death rows in
the USA for both men and women
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American Society of Criminology -
general collection of death penalty information, including government
statistics, court decisions, and articles and writing on death penalty
issues.
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Before the Needles - a
Web site that has compiled Watt Espy's data on executions from 1608-1977
into a user-friendly format.
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Boalt Hall Death
Penalty Clinic
- "Capital
Punishment or Compassion: Executions in the State of New Mexico: The
Death Penalty Since Territorial Days" - provides the names, crimes,
and dates of execution for those executed in New Mexico.
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Center on Wrongful Convictions -
dedicated to identifying and rectifying wrongful convictions and other
serious miscarriages of justice. The Center investigates possible
wrongful convictions and represent imprisoned clients with claims of
actual innocence.
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Clark County Prosecutor's web site with
links to over 1,000 death penalty related Web sites
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The Constitution Project's Death Penalty Initiative -
a bipartisan committee of death penalty supporters and opponents who
agree that the risk of wrongful executions in this country is
unacceptably high
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Cornell Law School Death Penalty Project -
links to state and federal statutes and cases.
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Court TV: The Death Penalty on Trial -
history, statistics and articles about the death penalty.
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Death Penalty Information Center -
prepares in-depth reports, issues press releases, conducts briefings for
journalists, and maintains a very thorough and fresh website.
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Derechos - provides links
to a variety of death penalty sites.
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The Electronic Policy Network -
a consortium of top public policy organizations and advocacy groups that
provides timely information and leading ideas about the policies and
politics shaping the world.
- Equal
Justice Initiative -
Provides assistance for Alabama death row inmates in during the
post-conviction appeals process.
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Fair Trial Initiative -
confronts the crisis of incompetent counsel for indigent defendants
facing the death penalty. Funds fellowships for recent law graduates to
work with under funded trial counsel in capital cases, and provides
internships for law students to do a variety of trial related capital
work.
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Find Law.com
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Rick Halperin's Death Penalty News and Updates -
death penalty statistics, news, updates, addresses of U.S. Governors
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Innocence Project Web Site -
Comprehensive Web site of the Innocence Project at the Benjamin N.
Cardozo School of Law. The site contains case profiles, other innocence
projects, DNA legislation and news, and much more.
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Inter Press Service News
Agency (IPS) - death penalty section contains news of international
developments
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The Justice Project -The
Justice Project is committed to educating the American public about our
deeply flawed capital justice system
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MacArthur Justice Center -
A non-profit public interest law firm affiliated with the Northwestern
University of Law. The center concentrates on cases that raise
constitutional or significant issues in the field of criminal justice.
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911 Justice - provides
extensive information about the death penalty, death row, executions,
execution facts and protocol.
- Southern
Center for Human Rights -
death penalty news, articles and reports, good source for prison reform
resources, and legal/advocacy resources
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Stateline.org - includes
databases of information on crime and prisons, capital punishment, and
news for each state. Allows a comparison of between 2-4 states.
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Tennessee Capital Case Information -
A Tennessee Supreme Court website for capital cases that have had at
least one "serious" execution date set.
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Texas Defender Service- aims to help improve the quality of
representation afforded to indigent Texans charged with a capital crime
or under sentence of death.
Advocacy and Abolitionist Groups
International/National
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ACLU's Moratorium Campaign -
Web-based campaign to build support for a national moratorium on
executions and bring attention to death penalty issues.
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American Baptist Churches -
official website of the Baptist denomination and listing of all Baptist
Churches in the US
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) -
a variety of articles and resources on the death penalty, includes state
legislation updates.
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American Ethical Union -
a humanistic religious and educational movement working towards creating
a more humane society
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American Friends Service Committee -
organization that carries out service, development, social justice and
peace programs around the world
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American Orthopsychiatric Association -
an association of mental health professionals concerned with mental
health and social justice
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Amnesty International -
tracks death penalty internationally, includes statistics and general
information, country reports
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Australian Coalition Against the Death Penalty anti-death
penalty organization in Australia that supports International abolition
of the death penalty and is against the re-introduction of capital
punishment in Australia
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Italian Section of Amnesty International -
international death penalty documents, appeals and information
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Bruderhof Community -
articles and essays on capital punishment, includes writings from death
row prisoners
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Campaign to End the Death Penalty -a
national abolitionist group, focusing on grassroots support and
organization to end the death penalty
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Canadian Coalition Against the Death Penalty
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Catholic Peace Fellowship -
seeks to resist war by helping people who choose not to participate in
it
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Center for Constitutional Rights -
goal is to advance and protect the rights guaranteed by the US
Constitution
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Church of the Brethren -
official site of the Church of the Brethren
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Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty -
organization promoting viable alternatives to the death penalty and
hightened visibility for those who seek better public policy in response
to violent crime
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Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) -
a nation-wide grass roots organization dedicated to reducing crime
through reform of the criminal justice system
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Death Row Support Project -
letter writing project with death row inmates
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Death Watch International -
aimed at increasing grassroots opposition to the death penalty worldwide
and encouraging wider engagement with, and support for, established
anti-death penalty groups
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Sant'Egidio Community of Italy -
an appeal for the moratorium of the death penalty all over the world by
the year 2000, promoted by Sr. Helen Prejean and other organizations.
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Ensemble Contre La Peine de Mort -
held two international conferences on worldwide abolition of the death
penalty and publishes an electronic newsletter (in French).
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Equal Justice USA -
focuses on human rights abuses in the U.S. legal system, contains death
penalty updates and reports
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European Union in the United States -
Site offering information on European Union policy and action on the
death penalty.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America -
official website of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Fellowship of Reconciliation -
seek to replace violence, war, racism, and economic injustice with
nonviolence, peace, and justice
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Feminist for Life of America -
grassroots organization that seeks to provide real solutions for the
problems women face today
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Fortune Society - support
successful prison re-entry into society and promote alternatives to
incarceration
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Friends Committee on National Legislation -
a Quaker lobby in the public interest, seeks to follow the leadings of
the Spirit as it speaks for itself and for like-minded Friends.
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German Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (English
version). The members of the GCADP come from different walks of life and
age groups and live in various parts of Germany and the USA.
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German Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (Deutsch
version)
- Human
Rights Watch - dedicated
to protecting the human rights of people around the world
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The Innocence Project of The National Capital Region (ÒIPNCRÓ)
- in Washington, D.C. at the Washington College of Law at American
University.
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Jewish Peace Fellowship -
religious organization that opposes capital punishment
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Journey of Hope - led by
murder victim family members that conducts public education speaking
tours and addresses alternatives to the death penalty.
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Justice: Denied-The Magazine for the Wrongly Convicted- a monthly
publication dealing with the death penalty, wrongful conviction and
justice issues.
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Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Change -
developing a national network of organizations that promote nonviolence
- Mennonite
Central Committee -
complete work around the world in areas like education, health and peace
and justice
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Mennonite Church - General Conference -
Official site of the Mennonite Church
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The Moratorium Campaign -
works towards obtaining a moratorium on the death penalty, educating the
public, and collects signatures for a petition that will be delivered to
the United States representatives to the United Nations on Human Rights
Day.
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Murder Victims Families for Reconciliation -a
national organization comprised of family members of murder victims and
family members of those who have been executed. Advocates alternatives
to the death penalty, crime prevention programs and supports programs to
address the needs of victims of violence. See also: Victim
Offender Mediation Association
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Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights -
is an organization with a national and international focus actively
working to abolish the death penalty. MVFHR members are murder victims'
family members and family members of the executed who are opposed to
killing in all cases whether it be homicide, state killing, or
extrajudicial killings and "disappearances."
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
goal is to ensure the rights of all people and to eliminate racial bias
and discrimination
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NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund -
purpose is to provide legal assistance to the poor in America
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National Alliance Against Racist and Political Oppression -
works towards correcting unjust treatment of individuals based on race
or political beliefs
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National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers -
mission is to ensure justice and and due process for individuals accused
of crime
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National Bar Association -
Official website for the NBA
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National Black Police Association -
nationwide organization dedicated to promoting justice, fairness, and
effectiveness in law enforcement
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National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty -
listings of abolitionist organizations (national, state, and local),
legal resources, execution alerts, death penalty issues and statistics.
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National Committee Against Repressive Legislation -
mission is to protect and advance the right of dissent in the US
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National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case -
seek the exoneration of the Rosenbergs and Sobell and for the government
to admit to this miscarriage of justice
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National Conference of Black Lawyers -
an association of lawyers, scholars, judges, legal workers, law students
and legal activists
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National Council on Crime and Delinquency -
a nonprofit organization that promotes effective, humane, fair, and
economically sound solutions to family, community, and justice problems
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National Lawyers Guild -
dedicated to the need for change in our political and economic system
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National Legal Aid and Defender Association -
leading advocate for equal justice professionals
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National Urban League -
movement devoted to enabling African Americans to enter the economic and
social mainstream
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Partisan Defense Committee -
legal and social defense organization
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Pax Christi, USA -
national Catholic peace movement
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Prejean.org - The
Official website of Sr. Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking.
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Presbyterian Church, USA -
official site of the Presbyterian Church in the US
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Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty
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Protestant Episcopal Church USA -
official website for the Protestant Episcopal Church in the US
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International Justice Project works
towards the development, coordination and increased employment of
international law and human rights standards as they pertain to capital
punishment.
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Reprieve - provides
effective legal representation and humanitarian assistance to
impoverished people facing the death penalty at the hands of the state
in the US and the Caribbean. Reprieve's Web site is an umbrella site
that catalogs all death penalty resources on the internet.
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Seamless Garment Network, Inc. -
a network of organizations who support reverence for life
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Southern Center for Human Rights -
a non-profit law firm dedicated to enforcing the civil rights of people
in the criminal justice system in the South
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference -
nation wide organization committed to the human rights movement
everywhere
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Southern Poverty Law Center -
non-profit organization known for its tolerance education programs,
tracking of hate groups and legal victories over white supremacists
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Students Against the Death Penalty -
is a student-run organization that mobilizes youth through education and
advocacy.
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US Conference of Catholic Bishops
- US
Jesuit Conference -
official website for the Society of Jesus in the United States
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Unitarian Universalist Service Committee -
advances human rights and social justice around the world
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Unitarian Universalists for Alternatives to the Death Penalty -
social action group seeking an end to the death penalty
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United Church of Christ -
official site for the United Church of Christ
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United Methodist Board of Global Ministries -
global mission agency of the United Methodist Church
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United Methodist Church Women's Division -
women's division of the United Methodist Church
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United Methodist Church Board of Church and Society -
one of four international program boards of The United Methodist Church
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War Resisters League -
resist any kid of war at home and abroad
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Women's International League for Peace and Freedom -
works to achieve peace and equality through nonviolent means
- Youth
Advocate Program International -
promoting and protecting the rights of the world's youth
Resources for Victims
Inmate Correspondence Groups
Other Sources