Center for Death Penalty Litigation records, 1969-2006 and undated.

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Center for Death Penalty Litigation records, 1969-2006 and undated.

Collection comprises the center's case files for fourteen inmates on North Carolina's death row: 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 some combination of transcripts, affidavits, attorney notes, clemency requests, petitions, pleadings, correspondence, motions, investigative files, Department of Corrections documents, photographs, audiovisual materials, Resource Center files, and in some cases, electronic files. The case files are arranged in alphabetical order by the defendant's last name. Acquired as part of the Archive for Human Rights at Duke University.

38,250 items (51 lin. ft.)

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Archive for Human Rights (Duke University)

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Center for Death Penalty Litigation.

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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 challenged who are charged with crimes in North Carolina. Founded in Durham, N.C., in 1995 after the state and federal governments discontinued funding for its predecessor, the North Carolina Resource Center. From the description of Center for Death Penalty Litigation records, 1969-2006 and undated. ...

Keel, Joseph Timothy.

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North Carolina. Dept. of Correction.

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North Carolina. Judicial Dept.

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