We would like to thank staff from, or members of, the following organizations for their help in preparing this site:
- NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. - The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice.
- ACLU’s Capital Punishment Project - Works to abolish the death penalty nationally through direct representation as well as through strategic litigation, advocacy, public education, and mentoring and training programs for capital defense teams.
- Capital Litigation Communications Project - A nationwide communications resource for capital litigators.
- Center for Death Penalty Litigation Inc. – Provides legal representation to indigent defendants accused and/or convicted of capital crimes in North Carolina.
- Death Penalty Information Center – Serving the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment.
- Equal Justice Society – A national legal organization focused on restoring Constitutional safeguards against discrimination.
- Equal Justice USA – A national, grassroots organization working to build a criminal justice system that is fair, effective, and humane, starting with repeal of the death penalty and increased services to families of homicide victims.
- Innocence Project – A national litigation and public policy organization dedicated to exonerating wrongfully convicted people through DNA testing and reforming the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
- National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty – The nation’s oldest organization dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty. We are comprised of an extensive network representing more than 100 state and national Affiliate organizations and thousands of advocates and volunteers.
- Proteus Fund – A foundation committed to advancing justice through democracy, human rights and peace.
