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The
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- Includes the weekly published opinions
and handdown list of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, a library of
prior opinions, the list of 11.071 "approved attorneys", and the Guidelines
and Rules for Attorney's Fees and Expenses pursuant to art. 11.071.
The
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Case information, docket sheets, Local
Rules for the Fifth Circuit, etc. Does not require separate service to
access information.
The
District Court for the Northern District of Texas
The
District Court for the Southern District of Texas
The
District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
The
District Court for the Western District of Texas
- The above sites feature case information,
docket sheets, local rules, etc. Access to the docket sheets generally
requires that you have signed up with the Pacer Services. Instructions
for doing so, addresses, etc., are contained within each website.
ABA
Death Penalty Representation Project
- Offers an array of resources for attorneys
representing death row prisoners in their habeas appeals, with separate
resource libraries for individual states - including Texas - with sample
pleadings, training materials, etc.
Capital
Defense Network
- Extensive website with numerous materials
and resources relevant to habeas litigation of capital cases (the website
is split between resources for the defense of state prosecutions (Habeas
Assistance & Training, or "HAT") and the defense of federal prosecutions
(Federal Death Penalty Resource Council, or "FDPRC".) The HAT materials
include the following:Calendar of Upcoming Events
- Current Developments and Recent Cases
(including Supreme Court briefs in pending cases of particular importance)
- Introduction to the Eighth Amendment
- Recent Filings and Actions in the
U.S. Supreme Court
- Federal Habeas Corpus Update (Habeas
corpus decisions listed by topic)
- Constitutional Issues - Cases on point
(summaries of successful cases under the seminal Supreme Court cases pertaining
to capital litigation, e.g. Ake v. Oklahoma, Brady v. Maryland, Strickland
v. Washington, etc.)
- Presentations from Past Seminars
- Cites to Sites (includes sites set
forth herein)
Cornell
Death Penalty Page
- General information about federal habeas
corpus review and capital punishment, a synopsis of recent federal court
decisions on habeas corpus and capital punishment, and links to other
pertinent sites.
Jeff
Flax's Homepage
- Links to other sites containing valuable
information on all aspects of criminal law and procedure.
The
HAT Habeas Corpus Update
- Complete listing of habeas corpus decisions
issued by the federal courts, in chronological order.
Southern
Center for Human Rights
- General information about race and the
death penalty, the work of the SCHR, and current developments in the administration
of the death penalty in the U.S.
The
Justice Project
- The Justice Project is a campaign to
educate the public about the scope of the problem of wrongful executions,
and what reforms can be made to prevent them. Contains general information
about the death penalty, and numerous studies on the inadequacies of the
system. Includes testimony presented to the House Judiciary Committee
on H.R. 4167, the Innocence Protection Act of 2000.
Find
Law
- A commercial website which offers an
array of (free) legal resources and tools.
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