Repository Collection 03
Death Penalty Information Center
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Last Revised • July 11, 2026
This Source Verification Page documents the Death Penalty Information Center, a national nonprofit organization that provides research, reports, statistics, and educational resources concerning capital punishment, wrongful convictions, death-row exonerations, post-conviction litigation, and criminal justice reform. Claim III cites this source as supporting background information relating to allegations discussed in Paragraph 128 of the Supplemental Motion concerning wrongful convictions, systemic misconduct, and the need for independent review of criminal cases.
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”...Death Penalty Information Center]”
Website Name
Death Penalty Information Center
Organization
Death Penalty Information Center
Verification Source
Official Death Penalty Information Center website reviewed and verified.
Source Location
National death penalty research and information organization
Referenced in the Supplemental Motion
Page 64, Paragraph 128
Source Status
✔ Official website reviewed
✔ Relevant materials reviewed
✔ Publicly available source
✔ Included within the Source Verification Archive
Cited to Support
Lyle C. May alleges that the Burge torture cases resulted in wrongful convictions, death sentences, exonerations, pardons, and extensive post-conviction litigation after allegations of systemic misconduct by law-enforcement officers were independently investigated and exposed. May cites the Death Penalty Information Center as supporting background information regarding the impact of those cases and the resulting review of affected convictions and death sentences. May relies upon this source to support his argument that independent investigation may be necessary to uncover, evaluate, and remedy widespread misconduct affecting criminal convictions, including allegations raised in connection with his own Buncombe County case arising from the July 1997 murders in Asheville, North Carolina.
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