DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION

Listing of abstracts of articles on death penalty deterrence

Statement of Kent Scheidegger to the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice (March 28, 2008).

Testimony of Dr. Paul Rubin to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee (Feburary 1, 2006).

Statement of Kent Scheidegger, Before the New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission (October 24, 2006).

Habeas corpus statutes amended
On March 9, President Bush signed the USA Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005. This statute also amends the federal habeas corpus law. For convenient reference, we have prepared a document showing the changes.

Judge Alito and the Death Penalty: A Closer Look
by Kent S. Scheidegger. (January 2006).

Should States Adopt Moratoriums on Executions? No.
by Kent S. Scheidegger. CQ Researcher, Volume 15, Number 33, page 801 (Sept. 23, 2005).

Letter to Texas Governor Rick Perry - Juveniles on Texas Death Row (March 2005).

'God Love Him'? - by N.Y. Law School Professor Robert Blecker (February 2005)- Comment on the Michael Ross case in Connecticut.

Prosecutors' Perspective on California's Death Penalty (March 2003)- California District Attorneys Association, produced in collaboration with CJLF.

Lethal Injection does not cause a cruel and painful death. Attack on Texas' lethal injections is bogus, by anesthesiologist and Texas State Senator Kyle Janek, originally published in the Houston Chronicle.

Kevin Cooper Case. 
San Bernardino District Attorney Brief in Response to Clemency Petition
- Table of contents and Brief.

California Has Wasted Enough Time on Kevin Cooper,
by Michael Rushford and Susan Blake
Review of the condemning evidence against Kevin Cooper and rebuttal of defense claims.

Smoke and Mirrors on Race and the Death Penalty- by Kent S. Scheidegger
Originally published in Engage, The Journal of the Federalist Society Practice Groups, Volume 4, Issue 2, October 2003.

INTRODUCTION OF THE “ADVANCING JUSTICE THROUGH DNA TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 2003” - Senator Kyl Speech 

SENATE BILL 486, "INNOCENCE PROTECTION ACT"
Senate Bill 486, the badly misnamed "Innocence Protection Act," was voted out of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on July 18, 2002. The reasons why this bill would do much more harm than good are described in a thorough report by the committee minority. Click on the link below to read the full text of the report in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format.

S. 486 Minority Report

Maryland Study, When Properly Analyzed, Supports Death Penalty

Critique of Death Penalty Information Center's 'Innocence List'