PARTNER
Human Rights Documentation Initiative Archive
DESCRIPTION
Scott J. Atlas' digitized case files and audiovisual materials related to his work with Ricardo Aldape Guerra, a Mexican national wrongfully held on Texas Death Row for fifteen years before being exonerated in 1997. Atlas collected the materials that comprise this collection through his pro bono work as a defense attorney for Aldape Guerra's capital murder trial. These materials are available online through UT's institutional repository Texas ScholarWorks, as well as for consultation on-site.
Link to collection finding aid: https://txarchives.org/hrdi/finding_aids/00002.xml
DATE RANGE
1982 - 2005
GENRES
Case files, Correspondence, Press clippings, Publications, Transcripts
LANGUAGES
English, Spanish
EXTENT
80 assets
RIGHTS STATEMENT
This electronic resource is made available by the University of Texas Libraries solely for the purposes of research, teaching and private study. All intellectual property rights are retained by the legal copyright holders. The University of Texas does not hold the copyright to the content of this collection. Formal permission to reuse or republish this content must be obtained from the copyright holder.