This series contains a diverse collection of material from or associated with Maryland Citizens Against State Executions. The files contain research, articles, inmate files, legislator files, politician files, press materials, analysis, and reports.
This series contains legal material and correspondence related to the trials of Bennie Demps.
This series consists of subject files on the cost of capital punishment and mental retardation topics. Each file contains news clippings, articles, research papers, and other materials related to each subject.
This series contains articles covering different issues dealing with the death penalty including costs, public opinion, and race. The largest sections are counsel, mental retardation, and opinions, with articles from the 1990s to the early 2000s. Notably, the opinion section contains articles on international opinion as well as domestic views on the death penalty.
These documents highlight people and places from the Coalition's history that were not prisoners or sources of funding. Many of the files document abolition involvement from European branches of Amnesty International, especially Scandinavian countries. More photographs can be found in this series, including benefits held with celebrities Mike Farrell and William Styron, plus photos of the Campaign for Compassion. There are also studies and articles written on death penalty-related issues.
This series documents Leigh Bienen's work as a legal scholar of the death penalty and her teaching career at Princeton University and Northwestern University. Included are records from her scholarly research on capital punishment consisting of questionnaires, case summaries, and procedural wirings. This includes the New Jersey Public Defender Homicide Study. The series also contains Bienen's publications on the death penalty, conference materials, syllabi and teaching material, and reports, legislation, and publications used directly in her research.
This series contains legal material, correspondence, notes, research files, and correspondence related to the trials of Nollie Lee Martin.
This series is made up of legal material and correspondence for cases on which Michael Mello may have had some connection; as counsel, informal advisor, or cases for which he was hired to write Amicus Curiae. Some of the more prominent cases represented in this series include Rolando Cruz, Alvin Ford, Joseph M. Giarratano, and Michael Lambrix.
Publications include newsletters, magazines, and studies that Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty use to support ongoing efforts to abolish capital punishment. Flyers and pamphlets are also included in this series.
