COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont, Chairman

EDWARD M. KENNEDY, Massachusetts
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR., Delaware
HERBERT KOHL, Wisconsin
DIANNE FEINSTEIN, California
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin
CHARLES E. SCHUMER, New York
RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois
MARIA CANTWELL, Washington

ORRIN G. HATCH, Utah

STROM THURMOND, South Carolina
CHARLES E. GRASSLEY, Iowa
ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania

JON KYL, Arizona

MIKE DEWINE, Ohio

JEFF SESSIONS, Alabama
SAM BROWNBACK, Kansas
MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky

BRUCE A. COHEN, Majority Chief Counsel and Staff Director
SHARON PROST, Minority Chief Counsel
MAKAN DELRAHIM, Minority Staff Director

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CONTENTS

STATEMENTS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Durbin, Hon. Richard J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois

Feingold, Hon. Russell D., a U.S. Senator from the State of Wisconsin

Hatch, Hon. Orrin G., a U.S. Senator from the State of Utah

Leahy, Hon. Patrick J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Vermont

Thurmond, Hon. Strom, a U.S. Senator from the State of South Carolina

WITNESSES

Brackett, Kevin S., Deputy Solicitor, 16th Judicial District, York, South Caro-

lina

Bright, Stephen B., Director, Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta,

Georgia

Collins, Hon. Susan, a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine

Delahunt, Hon. William D., a Representative in Congress from the State
of Massachusetts

Eisenberg, Ronald, Deputy District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ellis, Hon. Rodney, Texas State Senator, Austin, Texas
Graham, Michael R., Roanoke, Virginia

LaHood, Hon. Ray, a Representative in Congress from the State of Illinois
Pryor, Hon. William H., Jr., Attorney General, State of Alabama, Mont-
gomery, Alabama

Wilkinson, Beth, Co-Chair, Constitution Project's Death Penalty Initiative,
Washington, D.C.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Responses of Kevin S. Bracket to questions submitted by Senator Leahy

Responses of Steven B. Bright to questions submitted by Senator Durbin

Responses of Steven B. Bright to questions submitted by Senator Leahy

Response of Rodney Ellis to a question submitted by Senator Leahy

Responses of William H. Pryor, Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Durbin

Responses of William H. Pryor, Jr. to questions submitted by Senator Leahy..

SUBMISSIONS FOR THE RECORD

Administrative Office of the United States Courts, Washington, DC:

Executive Summary

American Bar Association, Governmental Affairs Office, Norman Lefstein,

Washington, DC, statement

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Leonidas Ralph Mecham, Director, July 5, 2001, letter

Leonidas Ralph Mecham, Director, July 16, 2001, letter

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Benjamin, Steven D., Benjamin & DesPortes, P.C., Richmond, VA, statement

Brackett, Kevin S., Deputy Solicitor, State of South Carolina, York, SC,

July 2, 2001, letter

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Bruck, David I., Attorney, Columbia, SC:

statement

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letter, July 2, 2001

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Constitution Project's Death Penalty Initiative, Washington, DC, summary

of recommendations and attachment

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Equal Justice Initiative, Bryan A. Stevenson, Executive Director, Mont-

gomery, AL, statement

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Firestone, David, New York Times, June 16, 2001, article

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Former prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and Justice Department offi-

cials, statement

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Lloyd, Charles J., Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, June 26, 2001, letter

Liebman, James S., Simon H. Rifkind Professor of Law, Columbia Law
School, New York, NY, July 2, 2001, letter

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Louisiana Crisis Assistance Center, Clive Stafford Smith, Director, New Orleans, LA, statement

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Mississippi Post-Conviction Counsel Project, Charles J. Press, Director, Jackson, MS, statement

Pescetta, Michael, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Office of the Federal
Public Defender for the District of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, statement
Rowley, Maureen Kearney, Chief Federal Defender, Eastern District of Penn-
sylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 5, 2001, letter

Smith, Hon. Gordon H., a U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon, statement
Texas Defender Service, Maurie Levin, Managing Attorney, Austin, TX, state-

ment

Young, Denise, Attorney, Tempe, AZ, statement

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