This page last updated:
Monday, April 21, 2008
The following are links
of interest, legal resources, or organizations who support GACDL's
mission and goals.
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www.gabwa.org
The Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys. GABWA
is a bar association formed in 1982 to serve the needs and
interests of black women attorneys. We provide an informed and
reliable voice through which the needs of black women lawyers
and the black community at large may be articulated
www.gatecitybar.org
The Gate City Bar Association is a rich organization, and
is an affiliate chapter of an even richer organization - The
National Bar Association. The NBA, celebrating 75 years of
history, is the principal advocate for the interests of Black
lawyers, judges and law students
www.nacdl.org
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
is the preeminent organization in the United States advancing
the mission of the nation's criminal defense lawyers to ensure
justice and due process for persons accused of crime or other
misconduct
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www.ga-innocenceproject.org
The Georgia Innocence Project is Georgia's answer to the
growing national awareness that persons wrongfully convicted are
languishing in prison or sentenced to death through no fault of
their own. The Project combines legal pro bono with DNA
technology to work to exonerate these individuals
www.gjp.org
Founded in 1986, the Georgia Justice Project's mission is
to ensure justice for the indigent criminally accused and to
take a holistic approach to assist them in establishing
crime-free lives and being productive citizens
www.aaldef.org
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund is
providing free legal services to the Asian, Muslim, Middle
Eastern and North African communities affected by the INS
Special Registration Program
http://www.atlantalegalaid.org
The Atlanta Legal Aid Society has represented Atlanta's
poor in civil legal cases since 1924. Our work helps our clients
deal with some of life's most basic needs -- a safe home, enough
food to eat, a decent education, protection against fraud, and
personal safety. Our clients come from Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb,
Fulton, and Gwinnett Counties in Georgia
avlf.org
Welcome to the Atlanta
Volunteer Lawyers Foundation! AVLF is a non-profit
foundation dedicated to providing representation for persons of
low income. AVLF arranges pro bono representation in civil
matters for financially eligible clients who are residents of
Fulton County, Georgia, or who have a case pending in Fulton
County
www.schr.org
The Southern Center for Human Rights was created in 1976
to respond to the deplorable conditions in prisons and jails in
the South and the United States Supreme Court’s decision that
year allowing the resumption of capital punishment. Since its
creation, the Center has been engaged in litigation, public
education, advocacy, and work with other organization and
individuals to protect the civil and human rights of people
prosecuted in the criminal courts – particularly those facing
the death penalty – and confined in the prisons and jails of
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http://www.crimelynx.com/georgia.html
CrimeLynx listing of legal research links for Georgia
www.lexisone.com
Limited free Federal and State case-law research at Lexis
http://w3.lexis.com/hottopics/gacode
Unannotated Georgia Code
http://www.uscourts.gov/rules/Evidence_Rules_2007.pdf
Federal Rules of Evidence with Table of Contents
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factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsServlet
The United States Census Bureau's "American Fact
Finder": Facts and information about your community,
economics, and demographics
www.census.gov
The United States Census Bureau
http://www.nynd-fpd.org/index.htm
The New York Public Defender's Office's Errores Juris
(Reversible Errors)
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http://www.howstuffworks.com/dna-evidence.htm
"HowStuffWorks.com," a good resource site for general
knowledge, did a piece on DNA evidence
http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/env-23.htm
Ed Friedlander, M.D., Pathologist (University of Health
Sciences, Kansas City, MO). Dr. Friedlander has put together an
amazing collection of pathology and forensic links and other
assorted information
http://www.scientific.org/tutorials/articles/riley/riley.html
"DNA Testing: An Introduction For Non-Scientists
An Illustrated Explanation" by Donald E. Riley, Ph.D.
University of Washington (Copyright 1998)
http://www.dnafiles.org/home.html
The DNA Files: Unraveling the Mysteries of Genetic Science. The
genetic revolution affects us every day: our health, our food,
our families. The DNA Files is a series of public radio
documentaries
http://forensic.texterity.com/forensic/200804/?u1=texterity
Forensic Magazine |
http://www.gpdsc.com
Home Page of the Georgia Public Defender Standards
Council
http://www.uga.edu/icje/DVBenchbook.html
Georgia Superior Court Domestic Violence Benchbook, 3rd
Edition,
created for Superior Court judges and now available to all
http://www.ganet.org/gbi/otherlk.html
GBI's "Law Enforcement Links" page is an excellent
clearinghouse of not only links to GBI information, but local,
state, and federal law enforcement agencies and issue-related
links
http://www2.state.ga.us/Courts/Supreme
Home Page of the Georgia Supreme Court
http://www.georgia.gov
The home page for the State of Georgia. Lots of information and
links. Intrasite search capability
http://health.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords
/index.shtml
Georgia vital records (a subdivision of the Georgia Department
of Public Health)
http://www.municode.com
Free online search capability for many municipal codes in
Georgia
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www.capitaldefenseweekly.com/index.html
The Capital Defense
Weekly is an extremely informative and comprehensive website
which is constantly updated by Massachusetts Attorney Karl Keys
capdefnet.org
The Capital Defense Network provides numerous resources
for capital defense cases including Habeas assistance and
training and Federal Capital Defense Counsel Support
http://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/ustat
Human Rights Watch's piece entitled, "Beyond Reason:
The Death Penalty and Offenders with Mental Retardation"
http://georgiacapitaldefenders.com/
Multi County Public Defender Office
http://www.law.mercer.edu/lawreview/Articles/
52101.htm
"Georgia Death Penalty Law," a Mercer Law Review
article by Mike Mears and Ken Driggs, covering death penalty
decisions from the Georgia Supreme Court for the period from
January 1, 1999 to May 31, 2000
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www.childrensdefense.org
The mission of the Children's Defense Fund is to Leave No
Child Behind® and to ensure every child a Healthy Start, a Head
Start, a Fair Start, a Safe Start, and a Moral Start in life and
successful passage to adulthood with the help of caring families
and communities.
CDF provides a strong, effective voice for all the children of
America who cannot vote, lobby, or speak for themselves. We pay
particular attention to the needs of poor and minority children
and those with disabilities
www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/home.html
The ABA Juvenile
Justice Center: Working to Improve Access to Counsel and the
Quality of Representation for Children in the Juvenile Justice
System
www.gacasa.org
Georgia Court
Appointed Special Advocates (Georgia CASA) is a nonprofit
organization which establishes and supports programs across the
state that screen, train, and supervise community volunteers.
These volunteers are then appointed by a judge to advocate for
the best interest of abused and neglected children involved in
juvenile court deprivation proceedings
www.juveniledefender.org
Southern Juvenile Defender Center is a program of
Emory University School of Law and a public interest advocacy
center created by the National Juvenile Defender Center. The
National Center is managed by the American Bar Association
Juvenile Justice Center in partnership with the Youth Law Center
and the Juvenile Law Center. SJDC is one of nine regional
affiliate centers and its territory includes: Alabama, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South
Carolina. SJDC provides assistance to attorneys representing
juveniles through the dissemination of research based
information, and policy analysis, training and technical
assistance for juvenile defenders, defender offices, legal
clinics, and advocacy groups to bring about juvenile defense
reform
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http://www.asmii.org
Alternative Sentencing & Mitigation Institute, Inc. (ASMI) is
comprised of forensic social workers who employ a clinical,
client centered approach to developing alternative sentences and
social history mitigation. ASMI's forensic social workers
partner with defense attorneys and courts to seek solutions for
mentally disabled and chemically addicted defendants and use
existing relationships with community mental health and
substance abuse providers in seeking rehabilitative treatments
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http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section15
/chapter195/195a.htm
Drug Use And Dependence (Substance Use Disorders; Drug
Addiction; Drug Abuse; Drug Habituation) (The Merck Manual)www.drugs.indiana.edu/slang/home.html
An on-line dictionary of Street Drug Slang
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APPELLATE BLOG |
www.clilang.com
Certified Languages International, Interpretation &
Translation Services. 1-800-CALLCLIhttp://www.canadianlawsite.com/
The Canadian Law Site
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http://scottkey.typepad.com/
Scott Key's Georgia Cases Daily, summaries of recent
Georgia Appellate Cases |
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