| Press Release and Witness List for 3rd Public Hearing on the Fair Administration of the Death Penalty in California |
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Jury Selection Issues: Highlights of Testimony
Prof. Craig Haney, Professor of Psychology, UC Santa Cruz
Ms. Lois Heaney, Consultant, National Jury Project West |
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Statement to CCFAJ on the Death Penalty
Kent Scheidegger
Legal Director, Criminal Justice Legal Foundation |
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The Hidden Death Tax: The Secret Costs of Seeking Execution in California
Death by Geography: A County by County Analysis of the Road to Execution in California
Natasha Minsker, Death Penalty Policy Director
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California |
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Clemency in Capital Cases
Prof. Linda E. Carter and Professor Mary Beth Moylan
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
Sacramento, California |
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Response to Questions on Proportionality Review and Data Collection
Ellen Kreitzberg, Professor, Santa Clara School of Law
Michael Radelet, Professor, University of Colorado
Steven Shatz, Professor, University of San Francisco School of Law |
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Testimony of James S. Thomson
Attorney at Law |
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| Letter to Commissioners from Retired Judges, Prosecutors, and Law Enforcement |
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Statement on Death Penalty
Terry McCaffrey
Amnesty International |
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Wrongful Convictions in California Capital Cases
Stefanie Faucher, Program Director
Death Penalty Focus |
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Testimony of Derrel Myers and Naomi White
Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation |
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Letter to Commissioners on Focus Questions 2-4
Robert D. Bacon
Attorney at Law
Oakland, California |
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Letter to Commissioners on Focus Questions 7
Terrica Redfield
Death Penalty Resource Counsel
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
updated 4/18/08 |
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Letter to Commissioners on Replacing Death Penalty with LWOP
Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak
New Jersey State Senate
20th Legislative District |
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Letter from The Thomas Merton Center
Palo Alto, California |
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Testimony of Judy Kerr
Victim Liaison
California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty |
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Testimony of Bill Babbitt
Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights |
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Letter from Norman C. Hile on Focus Questions 5, 6, and 7
Orrick, Herrington, & Sutcliffe LLP
February 27, 2008 |
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| Press Release, Focus Questions, Witness List for 2nd Public Hearing on the Fair Administration of the Death Penalty in California |
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Investigating the Costs of the Death Penalty
Susan S. Everingham
RAND Corporation |
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Conventional Wisdom is Wrong: Studies that Suggest Death Penalty Deters Crime are Wrong
Dr. K. Michael Peddecord, Professor Emeritus of Public Health
San Diego State University |
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Summary of Testimony on behalf of California Attorney General Jerry Brown
Dane Gillette, Chief Assistant Attorney General
Office of the California Attorney General |
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Summary of Testimony from Barry Melton
Yolo County Public Defender
California Public Defenders' Association |
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Summary of Testimony on Focus Questions 5, 7 & 9
Elisabeth Semel
Clinical Professor of Law
Director, Death Penalty Clinic
School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
updated 05/07/08 |
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Summary of Testimony from Greg Fisher
Deputy Public Defender, Special Circumstances Case Coordinator
Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office |
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Letter from Equal Justice Society re: Racial and Geographic Disparities in California's Death Penalty
Eva Paterson, President
February 19, 2008 |
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Direct Appeals on Death Penalty Convictions in Other States
Stephen A. Edwards
Kilpatrick Stockton LLP |
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Structure and Administration of the Exercise of Discretion by California District Attorneys in Prosecuting Homicides as Death Cases
H. Mitchell Caldwell, Carol A. Chase, Christine Chambers Goodman
Professors of Law
Pepperdine University School of Law |
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Summary of Testimony of J.T. Philipsborn
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
updated 4/23/08 |
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Death Penalty Case Backlog
R. Clayton Seaman, Jr., Chair, Capital Case Committee
California Appellate Defense Counsel |
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Efforts To Improve The Illinois Capital Punishment System: Worth the Cost?
Thomas P. Sullivan, Partner, Jenner & Block
The University of Richmond Law Review, Vol. 41, No. 4 (May 2007) |
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Rule 4.117: Appointment of Trial Counsel in Capital Cases
California Rules of Court |
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Letter from Progressive Jewish Alliance re: California's Death Penalty
Daniel Sokatch, Executive Director
February 11, 2008 |
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Letter from Human Rights Watch re: California's Death Penalty
Carol Chodroff, Advocacy Director, US Program
February 8, 2008 |
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The Revised ABA Guidelines and The Duties of Lawyers and Judges in Capital Post-Conviction Proceedings
Eric M. Freedman, Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process Vol. 5, No. 2 (Fall 2003) |
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Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases
American Bar Association
Revised Edition, February 2003 |
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Disparities in California's Death Penalty
Ramona Ripston, Chief Executive Officer
American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California |
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Charging Practices of California District Attorneys in Death Penalty Cases
Natasha Minsker, Death Penalty Policy Director
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California |
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Letter to Commissioners
California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty |
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| Testimony of Rev. Howard Dotson |
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Letter to Chief Justice George
California Public Defenders' Association |
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| Press Release and Witness List for Sacramento Public Hearing on the Fair Administration of the Death Penalty in California |
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View Video and Read Testimony from the public hearing on the Fair Administration of the Death Penalty in California
State Capitol, Sacramento, 1/10/08 |
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News Release: Supreme Court Proposes Amendments to Constitution in Death Cases
Honorable Ron George
Chief Justice of California |
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Remedies for California's Death Row DeadLock
Honorable Arthur L. Alarcon
Senior Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
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Mandatory Justice: The Death Penalty Revisited
Report of the Constitution Project
Honorable Gerald Kogan
former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of State of Florida
former Chief Prosecutor, Homicide and Capital Crimes Division, Dade County, Florida
Co-Chair, Death Penalty Initiative, The Constitution Project |
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Less is Better: Justice Stevens and the Narrowed Death Penalty
Lawrence C. Marshall, Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Co-Founder, Center for Wrongful Convictions, Northwestern University
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The Impact of Legally Inappropriate Factors on Death Sentencing for California Homicides, 1990-1999
Michael Radelet, Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology
University of Colorado |
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The Eighth Amendment, The Death Penalty, and Ordinary Robbery-Burglary Murderers: A California Case Study
Steven Shatz, Professor of Law
University of San Francisco School of Law |
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A Review of Special Circumstances in California Death Penalty Cases: Special Report to the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice
Ellen Kreitzberg, Professor of Law, Santa Clara University School of Law
Director, Death Penalty College |
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Comparative Proportionality Review in California Death Penalty Cases
Natasha Minsker, Death Penalty Policy Director
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California |
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Testimony of League of Women Voters of California
Presented by Barbara Hopkins on behalf of Janis R. Hirohama, President |
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Testimony from Victims
California Crime Victims for Alternatives to the Death Penalty |
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Experience With The Death Penalty
Greg Wilhoit, Exoneree |
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Prosecutorial Misconduct in Death Penalty Cases
Natasha Minsker, Death Penalty Policy Director
American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California |
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Testimony of David Lockmiller
Member of the Public |
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