Texas Death Penalty Law

Includes blog posts, news, information about death penalty cases, and other resources.

The ABA's Death Penalty Representation Project is dedicated to protecting the quality and availability of legal representation for those facing the possibility of a death sentence. The website includes guidelines and standards for capital representation, testimonies from experienced volunteer attorneys, and project news and updates. The project has also launched a clemency resource website: the ABA Capital Clemency Resource Initiative (CCRI) Clearinghouse (see below).

Provides access to educational, practical, and historical resources on death penalty clemency. Some resources are accessible to the public, including information about capital clemency in specific states. Many of the resources are only available to registered capital defender attorneys who have logged into the site.

Source for U.S. statistics and reports on the death penalty and correctional populations.

The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics brings together data about all aspects of criminal justice in the United States presented in over 600 tables from more than 100 sources. Last updated in 2013.

Reports and data tables produced by the Bureau of Justice Statistics on the topic of capital punishment.

Reports and information about death penalty issues.

Provides a timeline of federal executions carried out since 1927.

Provides an overview of death penalty issues.

NCSL provides state-specific information about recent enactments, methods of execution, and significant litigation. The page also offers a list of additional resources, including the 2019 NCSL report, The State of Capital Punishment.

Includes related news, facts and figures, and links to government, research, and legal resources, as well as various advocacy groups and resources for victims.

Includes a timeline of important court cases and legal milestones since 1972, a breakdown of 15 major religious groups' views on the subject, public opinion polls, and state-by-state statistics. The Research Center describes itself as a “nonpartisan, non-advocacy organization” and states that it does not take positions on policy debates.

Completes the survey and assessment of the federal death penalty system as noted above. Published 6/6/2001.

Provides information regarding the federal death penalty system since the enactment of the first modern capital punishment statute in 1988. The survey explains the Department of Justice's internal decision-making process for deciding whether to seek the death penalty in individual cases, and presents statistical information focusing on the racial/ethnic and geographic distribution of defendants and their victims. Published 9/12/2000.

The Texas After Violence Project is an independent narrative and human rights project focusing on the causes and effects of serious violence and human rights violations; criminal investigation and legal processes; incarceration; and executions.

Provides information about the death penalty in Texas and about recent death penalty developments in the state.

Includes information on the age, race, and gender of the offender, and the county in which the crime occurred. For many of the offenders it also includes information about the crime leading to the death sentence as well as information about the co-defendants if any and the victim(s).

Source for Texas death penalty facts and statistics.