Resources for Managing Capital Cases
Overview
Resources for Managing Federal Death Penalty Trials
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Additional Resources
Resources for Managing Habeas Corpus Review of Capital Convictions
Additional Resources for Judges Managing Federal Death Penalty Cases
Other FJC Resources
Benchbook for U.S. District Court Judges, Fourth Edition
, which contains a section on death penalty procedures.
Selected Outside Resources
Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases (Black Letter Only), American Bar Association, Revised Edition, February 2003
(PDF, 35 pp.)
List of cases that cite to the ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel in Death Penalty Cases
(PDF, 3 pp.)
Summaries of cases citing to the ABA Guidelines for the Appointment and Performance of Defense Counsel In Capital Cases (1989 and 2003 versions)
(PDF, 25 pp.)
Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel (FDPRC)
– Under an arrangement with the Defender Services Division of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, FDPRC personnel are available to assist federal judges in identifying qualified counsel and with other capital case management issues. Additional useful information for judges and defense counsel can be found on the FDPRC web site.
FDPRC counsel available to assist federal judges
:
David Bruck
, Federal Death Penalty Resource Counsel, c/o Virginia Capital Case Clearinghouse, Washington & Lee School of Law, Lexington VA 24450, (540) 458-8188 (direct)
Dick Burr
, 906 E. Jackson, Hugo, OK 74743, (713) 628-3391
Kevin McNally
, 513 Capitol Avenue, Frankfort, KY 40602, (502) 227-2142
Judy Clarke
, Capital Resource Counsel, 225 Broadway, Ste 900, San Diego, CA.92101-5030, (619) 234-8467
Michael Burt
, Law Office of Michael Burt, 600 Townsend Street Suite 329-E, San Francisco, California 94103, (415) 522-1508
Update on the Cost, Quality, and Availability of Defense Representation in Federal Death Penalty Cases; Preliminary Report on Phase One of the Research (the “Spencer Committee Report Update,” June 2008)
Federal Death Penalty Cases: Recommendations Concerning the Cost and Quality of Defense Representation (Spencer Committee Report, May 1998)
, prepared by the Subcommittee on Federal Death Penalty Cases of the Committee on Defender Services of the Judicial Conference of the United States
U.S. Attorney’s Manual
chapter concerning federal capital prosecution.