Trials
- (New) Minor Crimes, Major Waste: The Terrible Toll of America's Broken Misdemeanor Courts, [PDF] National Association of Criminal defense Lawyers. April, 2009. "...literally millions of accused misdemeanants, particularly those unable to hire private counsel, and disproportionately people of color, routinely are denied the due process to which the Constitution entitles them."
- Drug Courts: A Review of the Evidence, [PDF] Sentencing Project. April, 2009. "An analysis of research findings from 76 drug courts found a 10% reduction in rearrest."
- The State of Sentencing 2008 Developments in Policy and Practice, [PDF] Sentencing Project. February, 2009. "A nationwide budget crisis coupled with widespread prison overcrowding has led many states to address critical challenges in the areas such as sentencing, drug policy, parole revocation, racial justice, disenfranchisement, juvenile justice, and education."
- Civil Bench and Jury Trials in State Courts, 2005 Bureau of Justice Statistics. October, 2008. "The total number of civil trials declined by over 50% from 1992 to 2005 in the nation’s 75 most populous counties."
- State Court Processing of Domestic Violence Cases Bureau of Justice Statistics. February, 2008. "Prosecuted domestic sexual assault defendants had a higher overall conviction rate (98%) than prosecuted non-domestic sexual assault defendants (87%)."
- State Court Organization, 1987-2004 Bureau of Justice Statistics. October, 2007. "The report examines changes in the organization and operations of the Nation’s state trial and appellate courts [from 1987-2004]."
- An Analysis of the Performance of Federal Indigent Defense Counsel [PDF] National Bureau of Economic Research. June, 2007. "The federal indigent defense system relies on both salaried government workers... and hourly-wage earning court-appointed private [CJA] attorneys.... Defendants with CJA ... attorneys are... more likely to be found guilty and... receive longer sentences."
- State Court Organization, 2004 Bureau of Justice Statistics. August, 2006.
- Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2002 Bureau of Justice Statistics. February, 2006. "Eighty-two percent of defendants were male, including 90% or more of those charged with rape (99%), a weapons offense (96%), murder (93%), or robbery (90%). The percentage of female defendants increased from 14% in 1990 to 18% in 1998..."(Presents data collected from a representative sample of felony cases filed in the Nation's 75 largest counties during May 2002.)
- U. S. Sentencing Commission 2006 Annual Report United States Setencing Commission. 2006. "During 2006, the racial/ethnic composition (of federal offenders sentenced) was - White 29.1 percent; Black 23.8 percent; and Hispanic 43.1 percent."
- Federal Tort Trials and Verdicts, 2002-03 Bureau of Justice Statistics. July, 2005.
- Tort Trials and Verdicts in Large Counties, 2001 Bureau of Justice Statistics. November, 2004.
- United States Sentencing Guidelines 2004: An Experiment That Has Failed, American College of Trial Lawyers. September, 2004.
- Civil Trial Cases and Verdicts in Large Counties, 2001 Bureau of Justice Statistics. April, 2004.
- Medical Malpractice Trials and Verdicts in Large Counties, 2001 Bureau of Justice Statistics. April, 2004.
- In Defense of Public Access to Justice: An Assessment of Trial-Level Indigent Defense Services in Louisiana 40 Years After Gideon, [PDF] National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. March, 2004.
- Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 2000 Bureau of Justice Statistics. December, 2003.
- Judicial Democracy [PDF] Council of State Governments. October, 2003. (trends in judicial elections)
- Breaking the Rules: Who suffers when a prosecutor is cited for misconduct?, Center for Public Integrity. June, 2003. (includes online database of cases)
- Felony Sentences in State Courts, 2000 Bureau of Justice Statistics. June, 2003.
- Justice in Jeopardy: Report of the American Bar Association Commission on the 21st Century Judiciary, [PDF] American Bar Association. June, 2003.
- Report on Racial and Gender Bias in the Pennsylvania Judicial System Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. March, 2003.
- Assembly Line Justice: Mississippi's Indigent Defense Crisis, [PDF] NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. February, 2003.
- If you cannot afford a lawyer...: A report on Georgia's failed indigent defense system, [PDF] Southern Center for Human Rights. February, 2003.
- State Court Prosecutors in Small Districts, 2001 Bureau of Justice Statistics. January, 2003.
- Prosecutors in State Courts 2001, Bureau of Justice Statistics. May, 2002. "Number of full-time prosecutors grows in nation's State court systems"
- Public Funding of Judicial Elections: Financing Campaigns for Fair and Impartial Courts, [PDF] Brennan Center. 2002.
- State Court Prosecutors in Large Districts, 2001 Bureau of Justice Statistics. December, 2001.
- Prisoner Petitions Filed in U.S. District Courts, 2000: With Trends, 1980-2000, Bureau of Justice Statistics. December, 2001. (Pages 2 and 3 track how Congress has cut prisoner's access to the courts)
- State Court Sentencing of Convicted Felons, 1998 Statistical Tables, Bureau of Justice Statistics. December, 2001.
- Federal Criminal Case Processing, 2000: With trends 1982-2000, Bureau of Justice Statistics. November, 2001.
- Felony Defendants in Large Urban Counties, 1998 Bureau of Justice Statistics. November, 2001. "36% of felony defendants detained prior to case disposition"
- State-Funded Indigent Defense Services, 1999 Bureau of Justice Statistics. September, 2001.
- Federal Criminal Appeals, 1999, with Trends 1985-99 Bureau of Justice Statistics. April, 2001. "Describes the increase in the appellate caseload as a result of challenges to the sentence imposed."
- Muting Gideon's Trumpet: The Crisis in Indigent Criminal Defense in Texas, Committee on Legal Services to the Poor on Criminal Matters. February, 2001.
- Promises to Keep: Achieving Fairness and Equal Justice for the Poor in Criminal Cases, [PDF] Southern Center for Human Rights. November, 2000.
- Indigent Defense Services in Large Counties, 1999 Bureau of Justice Statistics. November, 2000.
- Defense Counsel in Criminal Cases Bureau of Justice Statistics. November, 2000. "Two of three felony defendants represented by publicly-financed counsel"
- State Court Organization 1998 Bureau of Justice Statistics. June, 2000.
- Elected Judges and the Death Penalty in Texas: Why Full Habeas Corpus Review by Independent Federal Judges Is Indispensable to Protecting Constitutional Rights, [PDF] Stephen B. Bright. 2000.
- Death in Texas: Not even a pretense of fairness, Stephen B. Bright. July, 1999.
- Neither Equal Nor Just: The Rationing and Denial of Legal Services to the Poor When Life and Liberty Are at Stake, [PDF] Stephen B. Bright. 1999.
- Can Judicial Independence be Attained in the South? Overcoming History, Elections, and Misperceptions About the Role of the Judiciary, [PDF] Stephen B. Bright. July, 1998.
- Indigent Defense Bureau of Justice Statistics. February, 1996.
- Federal Habeas Corpus Review: Challenging State Court Criminal Convictions, Bureau of Justice Statistics. September, 1995. (samples cases in 18 courts in 9 states)
- Spouse Murder Defendants in Large Urban Counties Bureau of Justice Statistics. May, 1995.
- Judges and the Politics of Death: Deciding Between the Bill of Rights and the Next Election in Capital Cases, [PDF] Stephen B. Bright. 1995.
- Counsel for the Poor: The Death Sentence Not for the Worst Crime but for the Worst Lawyer, [PDF] Stephen B. Bright. May, 1994.
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