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Reference Sources
345.73
GOT
Gottfried, Ted.
Capital punishment : the death penalty debate.
Springfield,
NJ : Enslow Publishers, c1997. Discusses
the
controversial issue of whether the death penalty is a fair
punishment, debating both sides of the argument.
345.758
HEN
Henson, Burt M., 1926-. Furman
v. Georgia : the death penalty
and the constitution. New
York : Franklin Watts, c1996.
Discusses the history of capital punishment, explains the
United States Supreme Court's decision in Furman v. Georgia,
and explores the impact of this case.
364.6
HAI
Haines, Herbert H. Against
capital punishment : the anti-death
penalty movement in America, 1972-1994.
New York : Oxford
University Press, 1996. The
fall and rise of capital
punishment : 1965-1976 -- The return of the executioner :
1976-1982 -- The reemergence of political abolitionism --
Framing disputes in the movement against capital punishment
-- Abolitionism at the crossroads -- Reframing capital
punishment : pragmatic abolitionism.
Traces the evolution
of anti-death penalty activism in the United States,
focusing on the period since 1972, and discusses why the
movement to abolish capital punishment has failed to gain
popular support.
364.66
BOS
Bosco, Antoinette, 1928-. Choosing
mercy : a mother of murder
victims pleads to end the death penalty.
Maryknoll, N.Y. :
Orbis Books, c2001. Toni
Bosco discusses how her life was
affected by the murders of her son and daughter-in-law and
explains why she believes the death penalty fails both
politically and morally.
364.66
DAY
Day, Nancy. The death
penalty for teens : a pro/con issue.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow, c2000.
Examines both sides
of the debate over whether teens under the age of eighteen
should be sentenced to death for committing murder.
364.66
DEA
The death penalty. San
Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c2001. A
collection of essays that explore the history of the death
penalty in the United States, and provide opinions,
statistics,
and other information about the controversial
issue.
364.66
REI
Rein, Mei Ling. Capital
punishment : an effective punishment?
Detroit : Gale Group, c2001. Provides
historical background
and current information on capital punishment in America.
Includes data from government agencies, research
institutions, and polling organizations, and covers court
cases on capital punishment, execution methods and
statistics, death penalty laws, capital punishment around
the world, and arguments for and against capital punishment.
364.973
NET
Netzley, Patricia D. Issues
in crime. San Diego, CA : Lucent
Books, c2000. Examines
aspects of the American criminal
justice system, including police powers, gun control,
mandatory sentencing, juvenile justice, and the death
penalty.
VHS
364.66 CAP
Is the death penalty justified? Greenhaven
Press, 2002. James
Lambert, Author, Host "Night Lights" and Timothy Spann,
Coordinator Amnesty International, Southern California take
on the issue of whether the death penalty should be used to
punish the most heinous crimes. Is the death penalty a
deterrent? Is it justified on moral, or even economic grounds? Debaters
focus on these questions.
Online Databases
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cald15646- This online database will present opposing viewpoints on specific topic areas. (Ex. Death Penalty) User name and log on are available in the RHS Media Center.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/cald15646- User name and log on are available in the RHS Media Center.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/-
Provides some great tools such as an execution database and the death penalty
fact sheet. Sister Helen
Prejean, author of ''Dead Man Walking,'' discusses the case of Dobie Gillis
Williams, from her new book, ''The Death of Innocents'' (BookTV, Jan. 16, 2005).
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Online Resources
Informative
sites:
Research
the Death Penalty at Questia
Find quality info at the world's online library. There are 435,000 books and
articles that are available for your research. Search or read full text,
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http://deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu- Covers: Arguments for and against the death penalty, stages in a capital case, history of the death penalty and methods of execution, state by state data (Interactive maps, state summaries, table comparisons), and four court room cases.
http://www.derechos.org/dp/ - This site contains: news, facts, law issues, reference web sites, people on death row, letters from prison, discussion board, actions and most importantly the MSNBC- Debate on Death Penalty.
http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/dp/dp.html- Papers, fact sheets, and Information on the Death Penalty
http://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/death/debate.html#debate-
This site does a great job of covering several books that address the topics
concerning the death penalty. The
pros and cons of the death penalty are discussed.
Books that are discussed, Death becomes Us: Why Americans Support Capital Punishment: by
Michael Manville, An analysis of why the U.S., unlike other industrialized
nations, continues in its use of the death penalty,
The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense:
by Ernest Van Den Haag 99 Harvard Law Review (1986), Against the
American System of Capital Punishment: by Jack Greenburg. Harvard Law Review (1986) and Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the
United States:
by Sister Helen Prejean's controversial 1993.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/death_penalty.html-
An overview of the death penalty. Coverage
of landmark cases is discussed in detail. The
cases are: Coker
v. Georgia, 433
U.S. 584 (1977), Atkins
v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (Ring
v. Arizona2002),
Roper
v. Simmons. There is additional information such as: Federal Constitution and Statutes (Eighth Amendment, Cruel
and Unusual Punishment and U.S. Code 18 U.S.C.)
Federal Judicial Decisions- U.S. Supreme Court (Historic Supreme Court
Death Penalty Decision and Recent Supreme Court Death Penalty Decisions), U.S.
Circuit Courts of Appeals (Recent decisions on the death penalty), State
material (State Criminal Codes), State Judicial Decisions (N.Y. Court of Appeals
(Recent death penalty decisions, Appellate Decisions from other states) as well
as numerous links to support the topic area.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Crime/Correction_and_Rehabilitation/Death_Penalty/ - This site links you to a multitude of information in such areas as death row (68), execution methods (30), Juvenile Death Penalty, opposing Views (32), Supporting Views (5) and 4 web Directories.
http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Applied/DeathPenalty/
This site was awarded a Times Pick by the Los
Angeles Times. The
site was founded in 1994 & edited by Lawrence M. Hinman, University of San
Diego. The site is dedicated to
promoting the thoughtful discussion of difficult moral issues."
There are a number of helpful types of
resources available on the web that relate to punishment in general and capital
punishment in particular. These include links to court decisions, legislation,
statistical information, and information about particular sites.
Survey results evaluate issues surrounding the death penalty.
Ethics video Martha
Nussbaum, Ernst
Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics, University of Chicago,
Edward G. Lawry,
Philosophy of Oklahoma State University.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_penalty-
This site includes an extensive definition of the death penalty.
Death penalty world map that includes:
that is broken down by:
Abolished
for all crimes,
Abolished
for crimes not committed in exceptional circumstances (such as crimes committed
in time of war) Abolitionist in Practice, and Legal Form of Punishment.
The overall contents consist of: Methods of Execution, Pre-Contemporary Europe, Arguments against and for
the death penalty, Religious views (Hebrew, Old Testament, Jewish, Christian,
Muslim and Buddhist), related articles and links.
http://groups.msn.com/usdeathpenalty/- This site breaks down the number of people on death row into various categories. The years covered in the table are 2001 and 2002.
http://www.constitutionproject.org/dpi/
The
Constitution Project's Death Penalty Initiative is a bipartisan committee of
death penalty supporters and opponents who all agree that the risk of wrongful
executions in this country has become too high. The previous name of the
organization was The National Committee to Prevent Wrongful Executions.
http://www.usdoj.gov/dag/pubdoc/deathpenaltystudy.htm-
Federal death Penalty, The Capital Case
Review Procedures, Study of the System, Related Justice Department and
Administrative Decisions, and Simplification of Decisions Against Seeking the
Death Penalty.
Against the Death
Penalty:
http://www.deathpenalty.org/index.php?pid=books - This site provides a list of great resources for the topic of death penalty.
http://www.deathpenalty.org/ This is site that was designed by a family that wants the public to be aware how the tragedy and the death penalty have made an impact on their lives.
http://www.nodeathpenalty.org/ This is the voice of an organization of activists that are working towards ending the death penalty.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/annual_report/answer2.html- This site provides the international annual report on the death penalty.
http://www.aclu.org/DeathPenalty/DeathPenaltyMain.cfm-
This is the American Civil Liberties Union site that discusses various issues
including the Supreme Court ending the Death Penalty. Supreme
Court Ends Juvenile Death Penalty In a
landmark ruling, the Supreme Court declared the execution of juveniles
unconstitutional. The decision highlights the need to continue to reassess the
death penalty system, even when trying adults.
http://www.cuadp.org/- Citizens United For Alternatives to the Death Penalty. This site presents an event calendar, press releases, execution information, wrongful convictions, information on Abolition Day and wear. This group is working towards making a change in the process of the death penalty in the United States.
Pro-Death
Penalty:
http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/DP.html-
The information provided covers the topic of the death penalty from
issues, books, articles & reviews, News & Polls, Legisltation, and
links.
http://www.wesleylowe.com/cp.html-
This web page is dedicated to the innocent victims of murder, may they
always be remembered.
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/death.htm- Message from the Prosecuting Attorney, Clark County Cases, Current Indiana Death Row, Executions, Death Row Statistics, Death Penalty Laws.