The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

www.cca.courts.state.tx.us

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

www.ca5.uscourts.gov

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

www.txnd.uscourts.gov

The District Court for the Southern District of Texas

www.txsd.uscourts.gov

The District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

www.txed.uscourts.gov

The District Court for the Western District of Texas

www.txwd.uscourts.gov

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

www.probono.net

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

www.capdefnet.org

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

www.law.cornell.edu/topics/death_penalty.html

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

www.jflax.com

Links to other sites containing valuable information on all aspects of criminal law and procedure.

The HAT Habeas Corpus Update

www.nfinity.com/~nebfpd/habeas.htm

Complete listing of habeas corpus decisions issued by the federal courts, in chronological order.

Southern Center for Human Rights

www.schr.org

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

www.thejusticeproject.org

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

www.findlaw.com

A commercial website which offers an array of (free) legal resources and tools.