Death Penalty Links
"Capital punishment: Them without the capital get the
punishment."
John Spenkelink's last words at his electrocution, May 25, 1979
Juvenile
Death Penalty Links
"I was 17 years old when I committed the offense
for which I was sentenced to die,
and I didn't even start thinking and caring
about my life until I was at least 20."
Charles F. Rumbaugh prior to his execution September
11, 1985.
George Stinney, the youngest person executed in the 1900s.
Juvenile
Death Penalty by Victor Streib:
http://www.law.onu.edu/faculty/streib/juvdeath.htm
List of Juveniles Currently under sentence of death in the United States: Also United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: http://www.pip.dknet.dk/~pip1019/dp/uk/juve-li.htm
Amnesty International Juveniles and the Death Penalty: http://www.amnesty-usa.org/abolish/juve.html
Speech given in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: http://www.policestudies.eku.edu/KPOTTER/speech3.htm
General Death Penalty Links
Southern Center for Human Rights http://www.schr.org/
ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union http://www.aclu.org .
The Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty. http://www.kcadp.org
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: http://www.ncadp.org/
AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL:
The Amnesty International Homepage offers information
on human rights abuses across the country and the world, including the
death penalty Specific cases are highlighted and updated weekly, as are
urgent action notices at www.amnesty.org.
Amnesty has
another death penalty information site located at www.derechos.org/dp/.
DEATH PENALTY INFORMATION CENTER: This website features facs and statitics relating to the death penalty. As well as in depth reports on public opinion regarding capital punishment, the effectiveness of capital punishment as a deterrent, and the problem of executing innocents. http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/
American Bar Association: Report calling for a moratorium on the death Penalty. http://www.abanet.org/irr/rec107.html
THE CASE AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY: A comprehensive overview of the arguments against capital punishment. Hugo Adam Bedau's paper entitled "The Case Against the Death Penalty" thoroughly examines the issues of deterrence, racial bias, cost, barbarity, mistaken execution, and retribution which comprise the bounds of the capital punishment debate. His essay provides references for further reading and is fully annotated. In short, http://www.dnai.com/~mwood/deathpen.html is required reading for anyone who is just getting acquainted with the controversy that surrounds the death penalty.
IGC Internet's Progressive Gateway: Searth this site for "death penalty" and see a comprehensive list of articles pertaining to the death penalty available on the internet, along with any information you might need to get in touch with a particular abolitionist group. A complete list of websites which focus on capital punishment is also easily accessible. www.igc.org
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