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Capital Punishment
 Websites presented in alphabetical order ABA Juvenile Justice Committee 
 This American Bar Association (ABA) committee "is an active voice in promoting changes in the juvenile justice system." The site includes information on the application of the death penalty to juveniles, as well as links to related news and organizations. http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/ Topics: Crime, Social Issues Last updated Mar 10, 2005 Amnesty International (AI)
Site of the organization that "works independently and impartially to promote respect for all the human rights set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights." Features AI press releases, current campaigns, and a library containing an archive of reports, news releases, and "urgent actions" (requests to send letters on behalf of those in immediate danger). Documents are available in Spanish and French and are searchable by country, region, sub-region, and theme. http://www.amnesty.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Crime, International Governments, Social Issues, War and Peace: Resources on Iraq Last updated Nov 10, 2003 Anatomy of a Murder: A Trip Through Our Nation's Legal Justice System
Learn about the U.S. justice system by following a murder case from the discovery of the body through the trial of the accused. Features summaries of nearly thirty landmark Supreme Court cases, concerning subjects such as search and seizure, right to an attorney, self-incrimination, and the death penalty. Also includes a glossary of legal terms, and samples of documents filled out in the course of an arrest. A ThinkQuest site. http://library.thinkquest.org/2760/ Topics: Crime, Judicial Process, Social Issues Last updated May 22, 2005 Bureau of Justice Statistics
Data on the U.S. murder rate, drug use, and crime rates, and reports on such subjects as violence against women, capital punishment, drugs and crime, guns used in crimes, and prison populations. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ Topics: Consumer Research & Advocacy, Crime, Drugs, Social Issues, Statistics, Women Last updated Feb 21, 2005 Capital Punishment
This site contains historical and current information and statistics on the death penalty in California. Includes a current list of condemned inmates, history of capital punishment in California, lethal injection procedures, and photographs of death row. Note: Includes graphic summaries of murders and other capital crimes of defendants executed since California reinstated the death sentence in 1978. From the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Reports_Research/capital.html Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Crime, Death & Dying, Mysteries and More, Social Issues Last updated Sep 30, 2007 Death Penalty
Amnesty International (AI) USA's death penalty abolition page has news and reports relating to worldwide use of capital punishment. Features fact sheets; developments, by country; and international human rights standards, beginning with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Also reports on the execution of offenders who are juveniles, foreign nationals, or mentally ill. Includes links to related resources. http://www.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/page.do?id=1011005 Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Crime, Death & Dying, Nonfiction by Genre, Social Issues Last updated Dec 21, 2008 Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)
Includes a database of all executions since 1976, searchable by name, year, age, race, gender, location, method of execution, and special factors. Also provides reports on issues such as innocence, juveniles, mental illness, and costs, as well as facts about death row, sentencing, data for individual states, and the history of the death penalty. Portions of the site also available in Spanish. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Crime, Death & Dying, Law, Senior Health, Social Issues Last updated Dec 20, 2007 Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project
A project to ensure that each jurisdiction in the U.S. "that imposes the death penalty has a duty to determine whether the system under which the penalty is imposed and carried out is flawed and, if so, to eliminate the flaws." Includes a FAQ, assessment reports and compliance charts for 8 states, and related material. From the American Bar Association (ABA) Section on Individual Rights and Responsibilities. http://www.abanet.org/moratorium/ Topics: Crime, Death & Dying, Social Issues Last updated Jan 2, 2008 Death Penalty News & Updates
Includes information on current executions in the United States, death penalty-related news, statistics on executions by state, statistical summaries, and more. The site is against the death penalty and provides information on contacting U.S. law makers and on actions regarding the death penalty. http://people.smu.edu/rhalperi/ Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Crime, Death & Dying, Law, Social Issues Last updated May 22, 2003 Europe Against the Death Penalty
"EU Member States and the European Union are strongly opposed to the death penalty in all circumstances. ... The abolition of the death penalty contributes to the enhancement of human dignity and the progressive development of human rights." Includes EU and UN documents, information about actions in U.S. death row cases, European and international agreements, and links to related sites. From the European Union, Delegation of the European Commission to the United States. http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/news/information_dossiers/conference_death_penalty/index_en.htm Topics: Crime, Death & Dying, Social Issues Last updated Mar 23, 2008 |
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