Advocacy • Moratorium • Prisoner Information • Missouri Information • Missouri Advocacy • Government Statistics and Information • Victim Information • Human Rights and International Information • Studies and Reports • Religious Statements and Positions • Death Penalty Quotes • Public Opinion

Advocacy

Amnesty International (amnestyusa.org)

National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (ncadp.org)

Citizens United for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (cuadp.org) see also their calendar (cuadp.org/upevents.html)

Death Watch International(deathwatchinternational.org)

Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort (abolition.fr/ecpm)

Human Rights Watch (hrw.org)

Quixote Center (quixote.org) the Quixote Center's Equal Justice USA's Moratorium Now is gathering lists of moratorium resolutions (quixote.org/ej/moratorium_now)

Justice Denied (justicedenied.org)

Cornell Law School Legal Information Institute (law.cornell.edu)

Jurist: The Legal Education Network (jurist.law.pitt.edu/subj_gd.htm)

For Whom Do the Bells Toll (curenational.org/~bells/origin.html)

CURE [Citizens United for the Rehabilitation of Errants] (curenational.org) a membership organization of families of prisoners, prisoners, former prisoners and other concerned citizens

Moratorium

Quixote Center (quixote.org) the Quixote Center's Equal Justice USA's Moratorium Now is gathering lists of moratorium resolutions (quixote.org/ej/moratorium_now)

The American Bar Association's Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project (abanet.org/moratorium)

Standdown Texas (standdown.typepad.com) working for a moratorium on executions in the state of Texas

Prisoner Information

PrisonerLife (prisonerlife.com) website created by prisoners and maintained by ex-prisoners; links include death penalty links

Missouri's Death Row Cases (mobar.org/5795f5b1-2bb3-486a-905e-e16587411c50.aspx) by Larry M. May, in Journal of the Missouri Bar, March–April 2003

Capital Punishment in Missouri (missourideathrow.com)

Missouri Information

Public Opinion Poll, June 2004 (cssppr-final.doc) a public opinion poll in Missouri conducted by the Center For Social Sciences and Public Policy Research (cssppr.missouristate.edu) in June, 2004, shows support for a moratorium on executions (60%) as well as opposition to execution of juveniles (two-thirds)

Public Opinion Poll, Fall 1999 (umsl.edu/~phillipsm/dp/poll.html)

Public Opinion Poll, April 2003 (jop-2003.doc) juvenile offender public opinion survey, Amnesty International

Missouri's Death Row Cases (mobar.org/5795f5b1-2bb3-486a-905e-e16587411c50.aspx) by Larry M. May, in Journal of the Missouri Bar, March–April 2003

Miscarriages of Justice (umsl.edu/~phillipsm/dp/MISCARRIAGES OF JUSTICE.html) report released by Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty, January 16, 2001; see also Cathleen Burnett, Justice Denied: Clemency Appeals in Death Penalty Cases.

Prosecutors: The First Line of Offense: Prosecutorial Discretion and Arbitrariness in Administration of the Death Penalty (aclu-denise.doc) by Denise Lieberman, Legal Director, American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri (denise@deniselieberman.com), delivered October 18, 2001, at Amnesty International Midwest Region's meeting, "The Death Penalty on Trial: Public Tribunal on Missouri's Capital Punishment System"

The Prevailing Injustices in the Application of the Death Penalty in Missouri (1978–1996) (lenza-report.doc) on January 6, 2003, a report was released in Jefferson City by Michael Lenza, David Keys, and Teresa Guess, now available as Lenza, Keys & Guess, "Prevailing Injustices in the Application of the Missouri Death Penalty 1978–1996)" 32 Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict & World Order 151 (2005).

Capital Punishment in Missouri (missourideathrow.com)

Missouri Advocacy

Public Interest Litigation Clinic (pilc.net)

Western Missouri Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (home.kc.rr.com/wmcadp) subscribe to their newsletter for print news about opposition to the death penalty in Missouri

Mid-Missouri Fellowship of Reconciliation (for.missouri.org) for mid-state action

Government Statistics and Information

U.S. Department of Justice (usdoj.gov)

Capital Punishment, U.S.DoJ (ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pubalp2.htm#C)

Uniform Crime Reports (fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm) recent reports

Missouri Laws (moga.mo.gov/statutesearch)

Missouri Judiciary (courts.mo.gov/page.asp?id=233)

Victim Information

Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation (mvfr.org)

Journey of Hope . . . From Violence to Healing (journeyofhope.org)

Dignity Denied: The Experience of Murder Victims' Family Members Who Oppose the Death Penalty, (mvfr.org/dignitydenied) by Robert Renny Cushing and Susannah Sheffer, revealing bias against family members who oppose the death penalty

National Victim Center (ncvc.org)

Justice Information Center of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (ncjrs.gov/App/Topics/Topic.aspx?TopicID=179) list of resources

Missouri Constitutional Amendment Establishing Crime Victims' Rights (moga.state.mo.us/const/a01032.htm)

MOVA [Missouri Victim Assistance Network] (mova.missouri.org)

Homicide Survivors' Links (ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbID=DB_Links137) from National Center for Victims of Crime

Human Rights and International Information

United Nations: Human Rights (un.org/rights)

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (ohchr.org/english)

UN Human Rights Documents (unhchr.ch/html/intlinst.htm) texts of all the documents laying out rights, for instance Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners

Human Rights Library, University of Minnesota (umn.edu/humanrts)

American Convention on Human Rights (umn.edu/humanrts/oasinstr/zoas3con.htm)

The EU's Human Rights & Democratisation Policy (ec.europa.eu/external_relations/human_rights/adp/index.htm)

Amnesty International (amnestyusa.org)

Studies and Reports

Resources from the Juvenile Justice Center, Criminal Justice Section, American Bar Association (clem-effect.pdf) including Clemency and Consequences—State governors and the impact of granting clemency to death row inmates

New Claims about Executions and General Deterrence: Déjà Vu All Over Again? (jels-pap.pdf) by Richard Berk, Department of Statistics, UCLA; this shows statistical, technical, problems in recent econometric studies showing deterrence

Toward Greater Awareness: The American Bar Association Call for a Moratorium on Executions Gains Ground (abanet.org/irr/publications/Aug03Moratoriumreport.html) this is the August 2003 ABA Section of Individual Rights & Responsibilities updated version; you can access the entire report and appendices along with other ABA resources

Death Penalty Information Center (deathpenaltyinfo.org)

Death Penalty News & Updates (people.smu.edu)

A Broken System Part I (www2.law.columbia.edu/instructionalservices/liebman) James S. Liebman, Jeffrey Fagan, and Valerie West, Columbia University School of Law: A Broken System: Error Rates in Capital Cases, 1973–1995. June 12, 2000.

A Broken System Part II (www2.law.columbia.edu/brokensystem2) James S. Liebman , Jeffrey Fagan, Andrew Gelman, Valerie West, Garth Davies, Alexander Kiss: Broken System Part II: Why There Is So Much Error in Capital Cases, and What Can Be Done About It. February 11, 2002.

Department of Justice, Survey of the Federal Death Penalty System (usdoj.gov/dag/pubdoc/dpsurvey.html) showing among other things that 74% of those for whom prosecutors asked for the death penalty are minorities

Did This Man Die . . . for This Man's Crime? (chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-tx-about-story,0,7358719.htmlstory) Chicago Tribune three-part series

Capital Punishment in Missouri (missourideathrow.com)

State of Denial (texasdefender.org/publications.asp) report criticizing application of the death penalty in Texas, announced in the New York Times October 16, 2000; the report charges that Texas' system badly needs reform "because of problems like prosecutorial misconduct, racial bias, phony experts and inadequate lawyers for poor defendants"

Reasonable Doubts: Is the U.S. Executing Innocent People? (ejusa.org/grip/reasonabledoubt)

Beyond Reason: The Death Penalty and Offenders with Mental Retardation (hrw.org/reports/2001/ustat) Human Rights Watch report, March 2001

Human Rights (abanet.org/irr/hr/summer01/summer01.html) magazine of American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities

Death Without Justice, A Guide for Examining the Administration of the Death Penalty in the United States (irr-final.pdf) by the American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, June 2001

Toward Greater Awareness: The American Bar Association Call for a Moratorium on Executions Gains Ground (irr-final.doc) by the American Bar Association Section of Individual Rights and Responsibilities, August 2001

The Costs of Processing Murder Cases in North Carolina (cost-nc.pdf) by Philip J. Cook, Donna B. Slawson, and Lori A. Gries, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, Duke University, May 1993

Cornell Death Penalty Project (library2.lawschool.cornell.edu/death)

Illinois Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment (idoc.state.il.us/ccp/ccp/reports/commission_report/index.html) released April 15, 2002

Harmful Error (publicintegrity.org/pm) report from the Center for Public Integrity, on proscutorial misconduct; read about Nels Moss and his extreme record of errors

Ill-Equipped: U.S. Prisons and Offenders with Mental Illness (hrw.org/reports/2003/usa1003)

Religious Statements and Positions

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty (usccb.org/sdwp/national/deathpenalty)

Buddhist Peace Fellowship Justice Program (http://www.bpf.org/html/current_projects/transformative_
justice/transformative_justice.html)

A Statement of the Catholic Bishops of the United States (usccb.org/sdwp/criminal.shtml) on November 15, 2000, the Catholic bishops of the United States issued a major statement on crime and punishment, reiterating their opposition to the death penalty

The United Methodist Church in Missouri Passed a Resolution Against the Death Penalty (mindspring.com/~emcadp/UMCendorsement.html) from June 5, 2000

Unitarian Universalists for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (http://www.uuadp.org/) six UUA resolutions have called for an end to the death penalty

Methodist Bishop Ann B. Sherer Statement (archives.umc.org/umns/news_archive2000.asp?
ptid=2&story=%7B6037E1D7-0A38-485B-9C41-95EC459773B4%7D&mid=3366) Methodist Bishop Ann B. Sherer witnessed the execution of James Chambers on November 15, 2000, and afterwards issued this statement

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism Statement (urj.org/yoffie/archive/deathpenalty) in January 2000 the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism issued a statement in support of Governor Ryan's moratorium on executions in Illinois

Union of American Hebrew Congregations Statement (urj.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=7203) the Union of American Hebrew Congregations has opposed capital punishment since 1959

Franciscans International Statement (franciscansinternational.org/docs/statement.php?id=2) for the July–August 2001 Fifty-third session of the UN Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights held in Geneva, the following statement was prepared by Franciscans International, in conjunction with Dominicans for Justice and Peace and Dominican congregations

The Catholic Order School Sisters of Notre Dame Statement (mindspring.com/~emcadp/ssnd.html) on January, 2002 the Catholic order School Sisters of Notre Dame, St. Louis, issued a corporate statement against the death penalty

Central Reform Congregation Resolution (mindspring.com/~emcadp/Resolution for a Moratorium on Executions.htm) on January, 2002 the Central Reform Congregation, St. Louis, adopted a resolution in support of a moratorium on the death penalty

Death Penalty Quotes

Useful Quotes (freenet-homepage.de/dpinfo/quotes.htm)

Public Opinion

Public Opinion Poll, Fall 1999 (umsl.edu/~phillipsm/dp/poll.html)

Public Opinion Poll, April 2003 (jop-2003.doc) juvenile offender public opinion survey, Amnesty International