* Death
Penalty: Both Sides An excellent resource on the death
penalty, including: arguments for and against; the stages (parts, in
time order) of a capital case; history; methods of execution; US state
law data; information on how jurors are selected. Best of all are four
actual courtroom cases in which you must decide whether or
not the death penalty should be used.
The
Death Penalty Today: Defend It, Mend It or End It? discussion
at the National Press Club
Columbia
Encyclopedia: capital punishment Brief; history and current
practice
Public
Cause: Death Penalty A good collection of resources arranged
side-by-side for ease of comparison
Facts
on File: Death Penalty A detailed summary of arguments for
and against the death penalty
Focus
on the Death Penalty An extensive collection of materials on
the debate
over the death penalty; history
of the death penalty; statistics;
issues
related to the death penalty such as its deterrent effect,
the danger of executing the innocent, fairness, etc...from the Justice
Center of the University of Alaska/Anchorage
All
points of view on the death penalty from Ontario Consultants
on Religious Tolerance, including:
Basic
reasons: pro and anti
Religious
Groups' Policies toward the death penalty A table summarizing
the beliefs of major religious groups in North America
Is
the Death Penalty unjust Materials from legal scholars and
others on the question, from a PBS documentary
Who
Deserves to Die? Essays from the Atlantic Monthly from
several points of view
Death
Penalty Articles Essays from several points of view
Policy
Debate: Is the death penalty an efficient crime deterrent A
well-annotated collection of links
Talk
of the Nation: Death Penalty (Scroll down to the SECOND HOUR) A February 11,
1997 radio discussion with a lawyer and two judges of the use of the
death penalty in America; requires RealAudio
A
Call for Reckoning: religious writing on the death penalty A
Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life Discussion
January 2002
On
death row Interview with Sister Helen Prejean, whose story
was told in the film 'Dead Man Walking,' interviewed by the film's
director, Tim Robbins
Twentieth
Century Erroneous Executions This webpage provides many
examples of people that have been wrongfully convicted of the death
penalty and the implications of these mistakes.
Lethal
Injection How it works
