Center for Death Penalty Litigation Records, 1969-2006 and undated

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Center for Death Penalty Litigation Records, 1969-2006 and undated

Center for Death Penalty Litigation Records, 1969-2006 and undated

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The Center for Death Penalty Litigation is a non-profit law firm that represents inmates on North Carolina’s death row. Its work often involves the investigation of racism and the judicial process, and the treatment of the mentally retarded charged with crimes in North Carolina. Collection contains Center for Death Penalty Litigation case files dating from 1969-2006 for fourteen inmates on North Carolina’s death row during the same period: Robert Bacon Jr., David Junior Brown, Frederick Camacho, Willie Ervin Fisher, Harvey Lee Green Jr., Zane Hill, David Earl Huffstetler, Joseph Timothy Keel (the largest case file at 26 boxes), Gary Wayne Long, James Lewis Martin Jr., Elton Ozell McLaughlin, Phillip Thomas Robbins Jr., Steve Van McHone, and Norris Carlton Taylor, as well as limited files on other inmates. Case files typically include transcripts, affidavits, attorney notes, clemency requests, petitions, pleadings, photographs, correspondence, motions, Department of Corrections documents, Resource Center files, investigative files, audiovisual materials, and some electronic records.

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