Full Coverage: Death Penalty
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News Stories
- Texas governor commutes death sentence in rare act Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu, Aug 30, 2007
- Judge takes on death row gridlock at The Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd) - Thu, Aug 30, 2007
- Texas rejects EU plea to halt executions AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed, Aug 22, 2007
- EU urges Texas to halt executions before 400 mark Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue, Aug 21, 2007
- Convicted killer gets date with death at Florida Today - Wed, Jul 18, 2007
Feature Articles
- US wrestles with execution question at BBC - Mon, Feb 19, 2007
- After the YouTube execution, what now for death penalty? at The Independent (UK) - Thu, Jan 04, 2007
- Slow death raises execution questions at St. Petersburg Times - Fri, Dec 15, 2006
- Celebrating a life and a death at Miami Herald (reg. req'd) - Wed, Oct 25, 2006
- Sarasota victim: Rolling 'pure evil' at Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Wed, Oct 25, 2006
- Mom relies on faith, but patience wears thin at St. Petersburg Times - Tue, Oct 24, 2006
Opinion & Editorials
- Death row's IQ divide at The Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd) - Tue, May 08, 2007
- Bad medicine on lethal injection at San Francisco Chronicle - Tue, May 01, 2007
- No, It's Morally Indefensible at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Sun, Apr 29, 2007
- Do We Need the Death Penalty? at The Washington Post (reg. req'd) - Sun, Apr 29, 2007
- California's secret death chamber at The Los Angeles Times (reg. req'd) - Fri, Apr 20, 2007
- Reasonable Doubt: Is death row immune to DNA exonerations? at Dallas Morning News (reg. req'd) - Wed, Jan 10, 2007
Related Web Sites
- Focus on the Death Penalty
- comprehensive resource which includes history, U.S. Supreme Court cases, statistics, the international context, and views from both sides of the debate. From the University of Alaska at Anchorage.
- Innocence Project at Cardozo Law School
- non-profit that handles cases where postconviction DNA testing of evidence can yield conclusive proof of innocence.
- The Execution Tapes
- archive of recordings of many of the executions taped by the state of Georgia, narrated by prison officials who were witnesses. From Sound Portraits Productions.
- Death Penalty Information Center
- Provides state-by-state information on executions, history of the death penalty, discusses mental retardation, race, innocence, deterrence, and botched execution.
- Juvenile Death Penalty
- a look at specific cases, and access to related resources and background information. From the American Bar Association.
- Campaign to End the Death Penalty
- National organization putting together a grassroots movement to abolish the death penalty.