1.   Atlanta lawyer Mike Mears, who represents indigent capital defendants, says there are two other cases headed for state Supreme Court review with electric chair challenges.

2.   Six state governments have sponsored studies examining the death penalty, including issues like racial bias and bad lawyering for indigent capital defendants.

3.   The bipartisan bill calls for increasing access to DNA testing and setting minimum standards for competent counsel for indigent capital defendants.

4.   The group found that the system was corroded with prosecutorial misconduct, racial bias and a failure to provide adequate counsel to indigent capital defendants.

5.   Workman, who is represented by a state-financed office for indigent capital defense, has accumulated an interesting coalition of advocates.