Death Row Resource Guide is an extensive compilation (446 8 1/2 by 11 pages) of significant information about the death penalty worldwide, with special emphasis on executions historically and contemporarily in the United States. Whether you are looking for facts or opinions, the names of the executed or the exonerated, the states that hasten or hesitate in the execution of its citizens, you will find it here.
Researchers, activists, students and the general public are drawn to this book for its breath and depth of information, with topics and entries presented in a useful, easy-to-follow way.
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Table of Content
1. Death Penalty Facts and History 4
A. History of the Death Penalty 4
B. Facts and Statistics about the Death Penalty 13
2. Executions Around the World 16
A. International Standards for the Death Penalty 16
B. Recent Worldwide Death Penalty Developments 35
C. Human Rights and the Death Penalty 46
D. International Treaties Seeking to Stop Executions 51
3. The Executed and the Exonerated 54
A. People Recently Executed in the U. S. 54
B. People Found Innocent While Awaiting Execution 62
4. Women on the Row 89
5. Children and the Death Penalty 129
A. Executions Worldwide of Child Offenders since 1990 129
B. Exclusions of Child Offenders from the Death Penalty under International Law 142
6. Abolition Activists and Their Strategies 157
A. Death Penalty Resource Materials and Leaders 157
B. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Death Penalty 159
C. Speakers Available to Talk about the Death Penalty 164
D. Tips for Talking to the Media 169
E. Death Penalty Quiz 172
7. Police, Prosecutors and the Public 175
A. Law Enforcement Views on the Death Penalty 175
B. Prosecutors and the Death Penalty 184
C. Public Opinion Polls 190
8. Alternatives to the Death Penalty 211
9. Major Speeches and Statements about the Death Penalty 225
A. Senator Russ Feingold on the Federal Death Penalty System 225
B. Senator Russ Feingold on the Machinery of Death 227
C. Judge Jack Weinstein on the Death Penalty and Religion 233
D. Rabbi Peter Rubinstein on Holiness and the Death Penalty 236
E. Florida Justice Gerald Kogan on His Experience with the Death Penalty 239
F. Activist Richard Dieter on the Death Penalty Today 244
G. Statements and Resolutions from Religious Organizations and Leaders 247
10. Books and Articles 252
A. Books about the Death Penalty 252
B. Articles about the Death Penalty 255
11. Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Cases 265
12. Recent U.S. Supreme Court Cases 376
Publication date: 2005
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