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Executive Order Granting Clemency to Julius Jones

Year: 2021 Geographical Focus: Oklahoma Subjects: Innocence Types: Clemency Decisions, Executive Statements Author: Oklahoma Governor J. Kevin Stitt

ABA Letter in Support of Reprieve for Walter Barton (Missouri)

Year: 2020 Geographical Focus: Missouri Subjects: Innocence Types: Supplemental Materials Author: American Bar Association

ABA Presidential Clemency Letter for Rodney Reed

Year: 2019 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Clemency Advocacy, Innocence, Trial Infirmity Types: Supplemental Materials Author: American Bar Association

Death Penalty and the Victims

Year: 2016 Geographical Focus: International, National Subjects: Clemency Advocacy, Innocence, Intellectual Disability, Mental Illness, Mercy, Racial Discrimination, Victim Outreach, Victim's Family, Victim/Community Support Types: Non-ABA Reports or Studies, Online Books, Reports and Studies Author: Ed: Ivan Šimonovic Source: United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

Postconviction Access to DNA Testing and Clemency as a "Fail-Safe": The Implications of Judicial Fidelity to the Legal Process Vision

Year: 2016 Geographical Focus: National Subjects: Court Challenges, Due Process, Innocence Types: Academic Articles Author: Sarah Lucy Cooper Source: Drake Law Review

The Controversy of Clemency and Innocence in America

Year: 2014 Geographical Focus: National Subjects: Innocence Types: Academic Articles Author: Sarah Lucy Cooper, David Gough Source: California Western Law Review

The State of the Modern Death Penalty in America

Year: 2013 Geographical Focus: Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Virginia Subjects: Innocence, Intellectual Disability, Mental Illness, Proportionality to Other Sentences, Racial Discrimination, Trial Infirmity Types: ABA Reports and Assessments Author: Death Penalty Due Process Review Project Source: American Bar Association

Mark A. Brown_Jan. 13, 2010 Ohio Board Recommendation to Deny Clemency

Year: 2010 Geographical Focus: Ohio Subjects: Childhood Trauma, Counsel, Good Behavior / Rehabilitation, Innocence, Mercy, Neglect, Physical Abuse, Remorse, Snitch Testimony, Trial Infirmity Types: Clemency Decisions Author: Ohio Adult Parole Authority

Report and Recommendations on the Administration of the Death Penalty in California

Year: 2008 Geographical Focus: California Subjects: Counsel, Improper Evidence, Innocence, Proportionality to Other Sentences, Trial Infirmity Types: Conference Materials, Non-ABA Reports or Studies, Reports and Studies, State Information Source: California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice

Amrine, Joseph Clemency Petition

Year: 2002 Geographical Focus: Missouri Subjects: Innocence, Snitch Testimony, Trial Infirmity Author: Sean O'Brien & Kent Gipson

Bryd, John W. Jr. Clemency Petition

Year: 2001 Geographical Focus: Ohio Subjects: Addiction, Childhood Trauma, Counsel, Good Behavior / Rehabilitation, Innocence, Mental Illness, Physical Abuse, Proportionality to Other Sentences, Snitch Testimony, Trial Infirmity Types: Petitions Author: Ohio Public Defenders Office

Barnabei, Derek R. Clemency Petition

Year: 2000 Geographical Focus: Virginia Subjects: Innocence Types: Petitions Author: Linda C. Goldstein

Workman, Philip Clemency Petition

Year: 2000 Geographical Focus: Tennessee Subjects: Innocence Types: Petitions Author: Lawrence Marshall, Donald Dawson, Jefferson Dorsey, & Christopher Minton

Baldwin, Brian Keith Clemency Petition

Year: 1999 Geographical Focus: Alabama Subjects: Counsel, Innocence, Judicial Bias, Racial Discrimination, Trial Infirmity Types: Petitions Author: Michael Kennedy McIntyre & John R. Martin

Chichester, Carl H. Clemency Petition

Year: 1999 Geographical Focus: Virginia Subjects: Counsel, Innocence, Proportionality to Other Sentences, Trial Infirmity Types: Petitions

Fisher, David Clemency Petition

Year: 1999 Geographical Focus: Virginia Subjects: Counsel, Future Dangerousness, Innocence, Proportionality to Other Sentences Types: Petitions Author: Kristen L. Gustafson, Richard B. Benenson, & Philip W. Horton

Graham, Andre L. Clemency Petition

Year: 1999 Geographical Focus: Virginia Subjects: Innocence Types: Petitions Author: Robert Lee & Larry W. Shelton

Quesinberry, George A. Jr. Clemency Petition

Year: 1999 Geographical Focus: Virginia Subjects: Childhood Trauma, Counsel, Home Instability, Innocence, Trial Infirmity Types: Petitions Author: Peter Brodell

Ramsey, Roy Jr. Clemency Petition

Year: 1999 Geographical Focus: Missouri Subjects: Innocence, Proportionality to Other Sentences Types: Petitions

Rector, Charles H. Clemency Petition

Year: 1999 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Counsel, Innocence, Proportionality to Other Sentences, Trial Infirmity Types: Petitions Author: Roy E. Greenwood