Capital Punishment

by Nancy Day The Death Penalty for Teens Published 2000 by Enslow Publishers Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: -- Written in an evenly balanced pro/con format that explores all sides of a hot issue. -- Excellent for both research and reports, these books are a valuable resource for any current issues collection.

by Ron Fridell Capital Punishment Published 2003 by Benchmark Books (NY) Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes:

by Ted Gottfried The Death Penalty Published 2002 by Twenty-First Century Books (CT) Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes:

by Anne Rooney Capital Punishment Published 2005 by Raintree Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes:

by Thomas Streissguth The Death Penalty: Debating Capital Punishment Published 2002 by Enslow Publishers Find this book in our catalog. Jacket Notes: - These over-100-page titles present the facts and analyze some of the most controversial topics in today's news. - Offers excellent and up-to-date information for reports or debates. - Helps teenagers to begin developing critical thinking skills.

Videos and DVDs:

 

Countdown to an Execution

Burbank, CA: A & E, 2005.

AV 364.65 COU

This video chronicles Juliet Yackel’s legal struggle to free her client Darnell Williams from lethal injection.

 

Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.

Universal City, CA: Universal Studios, 2000.

AV 364.66 MR

The acclaimed filmmaker, Errol Morris, presents the provocative and chilling true story of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., a self taught execution expert who consulted across the county to make capital punishment more humane.

 

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Capital punishment

Capital punishment -- Cross-culture studies -- Juvenile literature

Capital punishment -- Juvenile literature

Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects

Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Juvenile literature

Capital punishment -- United States

Capital punishment -- United States -- Juvenile literature

Lethal Injection (Execution)

 

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Information on this topic can generally be found in this range of Dewey Decimal numbers: 364.66 - 364.662

 

A complete list of the Library’s magazine and newspaper titles can be found at: http://www.starklibrary.org/Magazine%20and%20Newspaper%20List.pdf

 

Websites:

 

Bureau of Justice Statistics Capital Punishment Statistics

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/cp.htm

 

Capital Punishment; the death penalty

http://www.religioustolerance.org/execute.htm

 

Capital Punishment [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]

http://www.iep.utm.edu/c/capitalp.htm

 

The Economics of Capital Punishment

http://www.mindspring.com/~phporter/econ.html