Speech Topics on Public Policy Issues

Death Penalty / Capital Punishment

CQ Researcher A weekly publication that covers current policy issues and gives you references to key resources.

Rethinking the Death Penalty, CQ Researcher 11/16/01
Call number: H35.E3502 2001, 3rd Floor Paterno Library

Death Penalty Update CQ Researcher 1/8/99
Call number: H35.E3502 1999, 3rd Floor Paterno Library

Capital punishment : a reference handbook
Call number: HN17.5.C657K76 2001, Social Sciences Library reference collection, 2nd Floor Paterno Library

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General
Capital Punishment Statistics statistics from the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Focus on the Death Penalty from the Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage
Cornell Death Penalty Project from the Cornell University Law School
Pro	Con
Yahoo! : Pro Death Penalty Links	ACLU Death Penalty page
Angel on Death Row is both pro and con. A Frontline Report	How Many Innocent Inmates Are Executed? from an American Bar Association publication
Debate on the Death Penalty from the Online Newshour (PBS)	Death Penalty Information Center