Authorization Declarations

The declarations provided on this page may be out of date, but are included as samples of what the Project can provide.

Declaration Regarding the Length of Time between Capital Indictment and the Government's Notice Not to Seek the Death Penalty Between 2010 and January 20, 2025 (Rubenstein, October 2025)

Declaration re Pre-Authorization Discovery (McNally, October 2009)

Provides information about broadened discovery practices in federal capital cases.

Declaration, Biden Admin Stats: De-Authorizations and No Seeks (Rubenstein, July 2024)

Provides information about cases that the Biden Administration (1) did not authorize or (2) withdrew authorization to seek the death penalty.