Capital Punishment (Death Penalty)

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Death Penalty

  1. BERRY, III., WILLIAM W. "Repudiating Death." Journal Of Criminal Law & Criminology 101.2 (2011): 441-492. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  2. Keane, Michael. "The Ethical “Elephant” In The Death Penalty “Room”." American Journal Of Bioethics 8.10 (2008): 45-50. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  3. House, Ron. "The Death Penalty And The Principle Of Goodness." International Journal Of Human Rights 13.5 (2009): 680-688. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  4. Von Drehle, David. "Death Penalty Walking." Time 171.2 (2008): 38-41. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  5. Davis, Michael. "The Death Penalty, Civilization, And Inhumaneness." Social Theory & Practice 16.2 (1990): 245-259. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  6. Wilkinson, Dominic J., and Thomas Douglas. "Consequentialism And The Death Penalty." American Journal Of Bioethics 8.10 (2008): 56-58. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  7. Sonja Steptoe, et al. "Lethal Objection." Time 167.10 (2006): 50-51. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  8. Taylor Jr., Stuart. "Does The Death Penalty Save Innocent Lives?." National Journal 33.21 (2001): 1551. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  9. Bole, William. "A Slow Death." Commonweal 136.12 (2009): 7-8. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  10. Anderson, George M. "Organizing Against The Death Penalty." America 178.1 (1998): 10-11. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  11. Jones, Brandon Astor. "Bitter Crop." New Internationalist 408 (2008): 23-24. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  12. Williams, Armstrong. "The Death Penalty." New York Amsterdam News 91.16 (2000): 8. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  13. van den Haag, Ernest. "The Ultimate Penalty…." National Review 53.11 (2001): 32. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  14. Aronson, Jay D., and Simon A. Cole. "Science And The Death Penalty: DNA, Innocence, And The Debate Over Capital Punishment In The United States." Law & Social Inquiry 34.3 (2009): 603-633. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  15. TUROW, SCOTT. "The Death Of The Death Penalty." Newsweek 158.14 (2011): 46. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.
  16. JOHNSON, STEPHON. "States Continue Death Penalty Debate." New York Amsterdam News 102.48 (2011): 4-34. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.

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Capital Punishment and the Mentally Ill

  1. Bain, Andy, and Megan Thomas. "What Use Insanity?." International Journal Of Police Science & Management 10.3 (2008): 280-288. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  2. Hitchens, Christopher. "Tinkering With The Death Machine." Nation 275.4 (2002): 9. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  3. Szegedy-Maszak, Marianne. "Psychosis And Punishment." U.S. News & World Report 130.12 (2001): 50. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  4. Kerr, Grace. "Mental Health Courts -- A Human Rights Perspective." BMC Psychiatry 7.(2007): 1. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  5. SCHAEFER, NICOLE J., and ANA STEFANCIC. "Alternative To Prison" Programs For The Mentally Ill Offender." Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation 38.2 (2003): 41-55. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  6. "Cruel And Unusual Punishment." Harper's Magazine 303.1814 (2001): 92. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  7. Latzer, Barry. "Between Madness And Death: The Medicate-To-Execute Controversy. (Cover Story)." Criminal Justice Ethics 22.2 (2003): 3-14. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  8. Stevenson, Bryan. "Capital Punishment: Murder Most Foul." New Crisis (15591603) 108.1 (2001): 20. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  9. Charles, Carise E. "Providing Culturally Competent Care For The Criminally Insane Inmate." Issues In Mental Health Nursing 31.6 (2010): 432-434. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  10. Easley, Cheryl. "The Incarcerated Mentally Ill: An Invisible, Vulnerable Population." Nation's Health 39.6 (2009): 3. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  11. Aufderheide, Dean H., and Patrick H. Brown. "Crisis In Corrections: The Mentally Ill In America's Prisons." Corrections Today 67.1 (2005): 30-33. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  12. Lyons, Donna. "HELPING MENTALLY ILL CRIMINALS. (Cover Story)." State Legislatures 33.4 (2007): 14-17. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.
  13. Mclearen, Alix M., and Nancy L. Ryba. "Identifying Severely Mentally Ill Inmates: Can Small Jails Comply With Detection Standards?." Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation 37.1 (2003): 25-40. Academic Search Premier. Web. 21 Feb. 2012.

Websites (Against Capital Punishment)

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  1. Amnesty International: Death Penalty - Offers multinational news, facts, and figures.
  2. Campaign to End the Death Penalty - Grassroots organization focused on abolishing the death penalty in the United States. Includes contact information to local chapters, news, articles, and opportunities to assist the cause.
  3. Campaign to End the Death Penalty: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapter - Includes action alerts, a calendar of events, and the North Carolina execution schedule.
  4. Cornell University School of Law -- Death Penalty Project - Elements include a capital punishment clinic, a commitment to provide continuing education programs for capital defense attorneys and the active collection and study of data in this field.
  5. Law Students Against the Death Penalty - Law student organization against the death penalty encourages awareness and provides useful links.
  6. National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - NCADP advocates for public policy and mobilizes and supports people and institutions that share our unconditional rejection of the state's use of homicide as an instrument of social policy.
  7. Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing - State organization opposing capital punishment. Includes information about chapters and organization activities, as well as news and information related to the death penalty.
  8. Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Information and resources from the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP).
  9. The Washington Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - Non-profit organization working to abolish the death penalty in Washington State.
  10. World Coalition Against The Death Penalty - Provides 'World Day' information, a general overview and history, and press statements. [French and English].

Moral Arguments (Philosophy and Religion) - US and Europe

1.World Coalition Against the Death Penalty

2.Death Watch InternationalInternational anti-death penalty campaign group

3.Campaign to End the Death Penalty

4.Anti-Death Penalty Information: includes a monthly watchlist of upcoming executions and death penalty statistics for the United States.

5.The Death Penalty Information Center: Statistical information and studies

6.Amnesty International – Abolish the death penalty Campaign: Human Rights organisation

7.European Union: Information on anti-death penalty policies

8.IPS Inter Press Service International news on capital punishment

9.Death Penalty Focus: American group dedicated to abolishing the death penalty

10.Reprieve.org: United States based volunteer program for foreign lawyers, students, and others to work at death penalty defense offices

11.American Civil Liberties Union: Demanding a Moratorium on the Death Penalty

12.National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

13.NSW Council for Civil Liberties: an Australian organisation opposed to the Death Penalty in the Asian region

14.Winning a war on terror: eliminating the death penalty

15.Electric Chair at Sing Sing, a 1900 photograph by William M. Vander Weyde, accompanied by a poem by Jared Carter.

16.The REAL Death Penalty in the US: A Review

17.Criminal Justice Legal Foundation

18.Keep life without parole and death penalty intact

19.Why the death penalty is needed

20.Pro Death Penalty.com

21.Pro Death Penalty Resource Page

22.119 Pro DP Links

23.The Death Penalty is Constitutional

24.The Paradoxes of a Death Penalty Stance by Charles Lane in the Washington Post

25.Clark County, Indiana, Prosecutor's Page on capital punishment

26.In Favor of Capital Punishment – Famous Quotes supporting Capital Punishment

27.Studies spur new death penalty debate

Pro Death Penalty

Note: Please look through resources very carefully. This is a controversial issue so some sources may have bias. Check carefully for the expertise or background of the writer or contributor.

Pro-Death Penalty - Contains case information for scheduled execution, a collection of links, issue debates, and current news articles.

Bring Back Capital Punishment - A Canadian group trying to gain public support for their cause. Offers petitions and a forum.

Bronson: Still Guilty - Peter Bronson challenges the assertion that innocent people are executed.

Capital Punishment - The opinions of Errol McInnes, a Florida resident. Includes the account of a family member on their murdered child.

Capital Punishment - Article by Kerby Anderson that examines Old Testament law and New Testament principles regarding capital punishment.

Capital Punishment - Short essay in defense of capital punishment.

Casey's Critical Thinking: The Death Penalty - Article written by Casey Carmical on capital punishment as a morally acceptable punishment.

False Confessions - An examination of alleged cases of wrongful conviction from false confessions by law professor Paul G. Cassell.

God and the Death Penalty - Asserts the death penalty is mandated from a Christian perspective.

Liberty on Rights and Capital Punishment - An article by Russell Madden examining inalienable rights of prisoners.

Message from the Prosecuting Attorney - Prosecuting Attorney of Clark County, Indiana presents a defense through articles and links.

Pro-life and Pro-Capital Punishment - Article explores the apparent contradiction in being pro-life and pro-death penalty.

Stand to Reason: Capital Punishment - A commentary by Gregory Koukl suggesting that one's view of capital punishment says a lot about his or her view of mankind.

Stand to Reason: The Bible and Capital Punishment - Article by Gregory Koukl with supporting Bible verses.

StudyWorld: Debate Over Capital Punishment - An article with information on different methods of implementation.

Tektonics: Life for a Life - A biblical look by James Patrick Holding with supporting verses cited on both sides of the issue.

The November Coalition: An Eye for an Eye - A commentary by Paul Bischke about the ethics of criminal justice from the perspective of Judaeo-Christian society.

The Ultimate Punishment:A Defense - Scholarly defense of capital punishment by Ernest van den Haag, Professor of Jurisprudence and Public Policy, Fordham University.

OpinionJournal: An Infinite Wrong - Article by Daniel Henninger. Discusses the Beltway snipers case. (November 01, 2002)

BP News: Death Penalty Biblical, Not Vengeful, Southern Seminary's Moore Says - A response to Russell Moore's appearance on Kentucky Tonight. (November 13, 2001)

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