Series Descriptions
R398.001 Box 1, folders 1-23.
Series 1
Meeting Files
2006-2008
Physical Description: 23 file folders
Arrangement
Meeting files are arranged chronologically by meeting date.
Scope and Content Note
Meeting Files pertain to the meetings and public hearings held by the Commission between February 2006 and February 2008.
These files may not comprehensively record every meeting held by the Commission. Files include agendas, minutes, memoranda,
notes, correspondence, public testimony, focus group feedback, background information, draft Commission reports, news clippings,
and articles. The hearings focused on the issues of the fair administration of the death penalty, wrongful conviction, and
professional responsibility and accountability of prosecutors and defense lawyers.
R398.002 Box 1, folder 24-Box 2, folder 6.
Series 2
Commission Binders
2006-2007
Physical Description: 11 file folders
Arrangement
Commission Binders are arranged numerically by volume number.
Scope and Content Note
Commission Binders document the topical research compiled by Commission staff for use by Commissioners. The seven volume
titles are: Eyewitness Identification, False Confessions, Testimony of Informants, Forensic Evidence, Defense Incompetence
and Prosecutorial Misconduct, Remedies for Wrongful Conviction and Post Conviction Access to Testing, and Fair Administration
of the Death Penalty. Files may contain reports, correspondence, background information, case studies, expert and legal opinions,
articles, essays, statistics, and memoranda.
R398.003 Box 2, folders 7-31.
Series 3
Reports
2006-2008
Physical Description: 25 file folders
Arrangement
Reports are arranged alphabetically by subject heading.
Scope and Content Note
The Reports series pertains to publications collected and used for research by the Commission. Reports include conference
summaries, studies, guidelines and best practices, and publications by various organizations. Significant topics include
wrongful conviction, death penalty, forensic evidence, exoneration, DNA testing, and incarceration costs. Notable organizations
authoring these reports include the ACLU, various state Innocence Commissions, the Constitution Project, the American Bar
Association, and the U.S. Department of Justice. While the dates of record-keeping for this series are from 2006 to 2008,
the dates of creation are from 1989 to 2008.
R398.004 Box 3, folders 1-33.
Series 4
Death Penalty Files
2006-2008
Physical Description: 33 file folders
Arrangement
Death Penalty Files are arranged alphabetically by subject heading.
Scope and Content Note
These files pertain to the research performed by the Commission exclusively regarding the death penalty. The files may include
news clippings, reports, correspondence, testimony, studies, essays, articles, and memoranda. Significant topics include
the role that the inmate's race and geographical region of residence play, incarceration costs, and death row inmate lists.
These files also contain several reports of death penalty commissions of other states. While the dates of record-keeping
for this series are from 2006 to 2008, the dates of creation are from 1979 to 2008.
R398.005 Box 3, folder 34-Box 4, folder 14
Series 5
Subject Files
2005-2008
Physical Description: 20 file folders, 28 dictabelts
Arrangement
Subject Files are arranged alphabetically by subject heading.
Scope and Content Note
The Subject Files document a wide variety of topics of interest to the Commission. Files may contain publications, statistics,
reports, correspondence, articles, testimony, background information, drafts of Commission reports, case studies, and memoranda.
In addition to a draft final report by the Commission (the final report is absent from this record group), this series includes
files on innocence commissions, electronic recording, the incorporation of the Commission, professional responsibility, eyewitness
identification, and false confessions. While the dates of record-keeping for this series are from 2005 to 2008, the dates
of creation are from 2000 to 2008.
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