New Approaches to Capital Litigation After the California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice

September 26, 2009


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Syllabus
Table of Contents

• Overview of the Commission Report on the Death Penalty Materials submitted by Natasha Minsker
  • CCFAJ Report on the Death Penalty: Summary of Highlights
  • Sample Second Counsel Motion 9/28
  • Annotated Bibliography (Not Included on CD)
• The Best of the Rest: Other Parts of the Commission Report to Use in Litigation Materials submitted by Jerry Uelmen, John Philipsborn, and Kathleen Ridolfi
• Please see the Complete CCFAJ Final Report
• Get the Resources You Need Using the Commission Report and ABA Guidelines Materials submitted by James Thomson
  • Notice of Motion and Motion to Reset Comencement of Evidence to Permit Effective Assistance of Counsel and Efficient Case Management
  • Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of Motion to Reset Commencement of Evidence to Permit Effective Assistance of Counsel and Efficient Case Management
  • Declaration of James Thomson in Support of Motion to Reset Commencement of Evidence to Permit Effective Assistance of Counsel and Efficient Case Management
• Litigating Over Breath/Failure to Narrow/Arbitrariness/Proportionality Materials submitted by Steve Shatz, Juliana Humphrey, and Tivon Shardl
  • Principal Authorities for Constitutional Challenges
  • Notice of Motion and Motion to Bar Death Penalty for Failure to Comply with the 8th Amendment's Narrowing Requirements
  • Narrowing Motion and Reply
  • Subpoena Duces Tecum-California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
  • Order to Produce Documents November 2007
  • Order to Modify Protective Order June 2009
  • No Narrowing Claim-Jerry Grant Frye January 2003
  • Order on Narrowing Study-Jerry Grant Frye July 2004
  • No Narrowing Claim-Jerry Grant Frye March 2004
• Class and Race: Using the Data Presented to the Commission and Gathering More Materials submitted by Michael Radelet 
• The Impact of Legally Inappropriate Factors on Death Sentencing for California Homicides, 1990-1999
• New Developments in Capital Jury Selection Materials submitted by Craig Haney and Jennifer Friedman
  • "Modern" Death Qualification: New Data on its Biasing Effects
  • Litigating Capital Jury Issues-Power Point
• The Complete CCFAJ Final Report