Capital Offender Office Archived Websites

This series consists of archival copies of the publicly accessible website of New York State's Capital Defender Office.

B2059-06: This accretion consists of a copy of the Capital Defender Office site that was produced on December 19, 2006, shortly before Governor George E. Pataki (1995-2006) left office. It contains the text of the 1995 legislation that re-established the death penalty in New York State and created the office, information about the office's role in ensuring adequate legal representation for capital defendants, and a statistical report concerning capital punishment in New York State from 1995-2003. Owing to the site's structure and the limitations of Web archiving technology, some of the information contained within this site was not captured properly.

B2059-08: This accretion consists of a copy of the Capital Defender Office site that was produced on May 9, 2008, shortly after the resignation of Governor Eliot L. Spitzer (2007-2008). Almost all of the information contained in this copy is also present in the December 19, 2006 copy.

B2059-10: This accretion consists of a copy of the Capital Defender Office site that was produced on May 26, 2010. It contains the text of the 1995 legislation that re-established the death penalty in New York State and created the office and information about the State Court of Appeals rulings that resulted in the suspension of capital prosecutions (2004) and the resentencing (2007) of the state's last capital prisoner. This copy also includes information about the 2008 closure of the Capital Defender Office, the office's role in ensuring adequate legal representation for capital defendants, and a statistical report concerning capital punishment in New York State from 1995-2003. Owing to the site's structure and the limitations of Web archiving technology, some of the information contained within this site was not captured properly.

B2059-15: This accretion consists of a copy of the Capital Defender Office site that was produced on December 23, 2015. Its content is identical to that found within the May 26, 2010 copy.

The New York State Archives used Web archiving software to copy these Web sites in order to preserve the information they contain.

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.