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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

Texas Capital Clemency Memo

Year: 2019 Geographical Focus: Texas Types: State Information Author: ABA Capital Clemency Resource Initiative Source: American Bar Association

"Bishops express gratitude for clemency for Thomas Whitaker"

Year: 2018 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Clemency Advocacy, Life Without Parole (LWOP), Victim Outreach, Victim/Community Support Types: Clemency Decisions Author: Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops Source: https://txcatholic.org

"Governor Abbott Commutes Death Sentence of Thomas Bartlett Whitaker"

Year: 2018 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Decision Makers, Life Without Parole (LWOP), Victim/Community Support Types: Clemency Decisions, Executive Statements Author: Office of the Texas Governor Greg Abbott

Proclamation of the Governor of the State of Texas

Year: 2018 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Life Without Parole (LWOP), Victim/Community Support Types: Clemency Decisions, Executive Statements, Successful Petitions Author: Texas Governor Greg Abbott

Thomas Whitaker Clemency Application

Year: 2018 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Life Without Parole (LWOP), Victim/Community Support Types: Petitions, Successful Petitions Author: Keith Hampton and James Rytting

The Role of Mercy: Safeguarding Justice in Texas Through Clemency Reform

Year: 2015 Geographical Focus: National, State, Texas Subjects: Clemency Claims Types: Non-ABA Reports or Studies, State Information Author: Jared Tyler Source: Texas Appleseed & Texas Innocence Network

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

The Texas Capital Punishment Assessment Report

Year: 2013 Geographical Focus: Texas Types: ABA Reports and Assessments Author: ABA Death Penalty Due Process Review Project Source: American Bar Association

Guidelines and Standards for Texas Capital Counsel

Year: 2006 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Counsel, Funding Types: Guidelines and Standards, State Information Author: Standing Committee on Legal Services to the Poor in Criminal Matters Source: Texas Bar Journal

Clemency and Consequences: State Governors and the Impact of Granting Clemency to Death-Row Inmates

Year: 2002 Geographical Focus: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, National, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia Subjects: Decision Makers, Intellectual Disability, Life Without Parole (LWOP), Mental Illness, Mercy, Proportionality to Crime, Proportionality to Other Sentences Types: ABA Reports and Assessments Author: Criminal Justice Section, Juvenile Justice Center Source: American Bar Association

Coleman, Clydell Clemency Petition

Year: 1999 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Intellectual Disability, Racial Discrimination Types: Petitions Author: John M. Hurley

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

Stoker, David Wayne Clemency Petition

Year: 1997 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Childhood Trauma, Domestic Violence, Home Instability, Innocence, Poverty Types: Petitions Author: Stephen M. Latimer

Wesley, Anthony Ray Clemency Petition

Year: 1997 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Counsel, Innocence, Trial Infirmity Types: Petitions Author: Barry Abrams

West, Robert Wallace Clemency Petition

Year: 1997 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Counsel, Innocence, Trial Infirmity Types: Petitions Author: James Rebholz

Mann, Fletcher Thomas Clemency Petition

Year: 1995 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Addiction, Childhood Trauma, Counsel, Intellectual Disability, Mental Illness, Mercy, Physical Abuse, Proportionality to Other Sentences, Remorse, Trial Infirmity Types: Petitions Author: Dean S. Neuwirth, Martin D. Beier, Eden E. Harrington, & Scot W. Anderson

Herrera, Leonel Torres Clemency Petition

Year: 1991 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Innocence Types: Petitions Author: Mark Evan Olive, Robert L. McGlassen, & Phyllis L. Crocker

Black, Robert V., Jr. Clemency Petition

Year: 1985 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Counsel, Mental Illness, PTSD, Trial Infirmity, Veterans Types: Petitions Author: Rauol D. Schonemann

Beets, Betty Lou Clemency Petition

Year: 1983 Geographical Focus: Texas Subjects: Childhood Trauma, Counsel, Domestic Violence, Intellectual Disability, Mental Illness, Physical Abuse, PTSD, Sexual Abuse, Trial Infirmity Types: Petitions Author: Joseph Margulies & John Blume