Chicago Tribune | Registration The newspaper's investigation resulted in five stories of failures in the Illinois capital punishment system. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-deathillinoisseries.special
Extractions: Punishment and the Death Penalty There are a number of helpful types of resources available on the web that relate to punishment in general and capital punishment in particular. These include links to court decisions, legislation, statistical information, and information about particular sites. Ethics Videos "Shame, Stigma, and Punishment" Keynote Address
Frontline: The Execution: Readings Here are some of the best pro and con ever made on the issue of capital punishmentincluding opposing views of 1997 call for a moratorium on the death penalty. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/execution/readings/
Extractions: In his January 1999 visit to St. Louis, Missouri, the Pope again called for the end of the U.S. death penalty saying, "the dignity of human life must never be taken away even in the case of someone who has done great evil." (He also personally appealed to Missouri's governor to commute the sentence of a triple murderer from execution to life in prison. The governor agreed.) In this excerpt from his 1995 encyclical letter "Evangelium Vitae" ("The Gospel of Life" ), the Pope presents the Catholic Church's reasons for opposing capital punishment. These two chaplains discuss their thoughts and feelings on what it's like to be with Texas death row inmates in the hours before they go into the death chamber. Rev. Carroll Pickett has accompanied over 90 men to their execution. His successor at Huntsville, Texas' death row is Rev. Jim Brazzil who attended Clifford Boggess in his last hours. Here are some of the best pro and con arguments ever made on the issue of capital punishment including opposing views of two Supreme Court Justices, the opposing views of two legal scholars, the position of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, and the American Bar Association's 1997 call for a moratorium on the death penalty.
Pope's Statement While the vast majority of US Catholics support capital punishment, Pope John PaulII has declared the Church s near total opposition to the death penalty. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/angel/procon/popestate.html
Extractions: var loc = "../../"; While the vast majority of U.S. Catholics support capital punishment, Pope John Paul II has declared the Church's near total opposition to the death penalty. In his encyclical "Evangelium Vitae" (The Gospel of Life) issued March 25, 1995 after four years of consultations with the world's Roman Catholic bishops, John Paul II wrote that execution is only appropriate "in cases of absolute necessity, in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society. Today, however, as a result of steady immprovement in the organization of the penal system, such cases are very rare, if not practically nonexistent." Until this encyclical, the death penalty was viewed as sometimes permissible as a means of protecting society. The universal catechismbook of rulesfor Catholics had affirmed the right of the state to punish criminals with appropriate penalties "not excluding in cases of extreme gravity, the death penalty." From Para. 56 of Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), an encyclical letter on various threats to human life which Pope John Paul II issued on March 25, 1995. "This is the context in which to place the problem of the death penalty. On this matter there is a growing tendency, both in the Church and in civil society, to demand that it be applied in a very limited way or even that it be abolished completely. The problem must be viewed in the context of a system of penal justice ever more in line with human dignity and thus, in the end, with God's plan for man and society. The primary purpose of the punishment which society inflicts is "to redress the disorder caused by the offence."(46) Public authority must redress the violation of personal and social rights by imposing on the offender an adequate punishment for the crime, as a condition for the offender to regain the exercise of his or her freedom. In this way authority also fulfills the purpose of defending public order and ensuring people's safety, while at the same time offering the offender an incentive and help to change his or her behaviour and be rehabilitated.(47)
Capital Punishment There are several safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facingthe death penalty. For example, capital punishment may be imposed only when http://www.bridgeport.edu/~darmri/capital.html
Extractions: Capital Punishment Deterrence means to punish somebody as an example and to create fear in other people for the punishment. Death penalty is one of those extreme punishments that would create fear in the mind of any sane person. Ernest van den Haag, in his article "On Deterrence and the Death Penalty" mentions, "One abstains from dangerous acts because of vague, inchoate, habitual and, above all, preconscious fears" (193). Everybody fears death, even animals . Most criminals would think twice if they knew their own lives were at stake. Although there is no statistical evidence that death penalty deters crime, but we have to agree that most of us fear death. Suppose there is no death penalty in a state and life imprisonment without parole is the maximum punishment. What is stopping a prisoner who is facing a life imprisonment without parole to commit another murder in the prison? According to Paul Van Slambrouck, " Death penalty is good and serves a definite purpose of reducing crime as well as bringing justice to the criminals and innocent. In order to serve its purpose, it must be adjusted and made more effective and efficient. The justice system has changed dramatically in the past thirty years in order to make sure that the rightly accused is brought to justice. I believe that death penalty should not be abolished, as it ensures the safety of the society, brings justice to those who have suffered and most importantly helps in reducing crime and criminals in our society. Death penalty is important to keep the brightness of justice and public safety shining brightly on our society.
Death Penalty - Faith And Values the new report from the Illinois Governor s Commission on capital punishment outliningmore than 80 necessary measures to make death penalty cases more fair http://www.faithandvalues.com/channels/death-penalty.asp?source=overture
Probono.net | Death Penalty studies and reports on capital punishment, including a new lawyers who have providedpro bono representation Hand of Counsel Reforming capital Defense Systems http://www.probono.net/deathpenalty/index.cfm
Extractions: This practice area assists lawyers who are representing individuals facing a death sentence. The practice area was developed by the American Bar Association Death Penalty Representation Project through the generosity of The Open Society Institute and the law firm of Practice Area Host and Resources. This area is hosted by the ABA Death Penalty Representation Project , headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Project's Director is Robin M. Maher and the Project's Staff Attorney is Rebecca M. Coffee. The password-protected practice area contains online support and resources for its participating lawyers, including news, a calendar of training events, a description of states with the greatest need for assistance from volunteer lawyers, an online library of legal materials, as well as links to other websites that are useful to lawyers representing death-sentenced prisoners.
Capital Punishment - College Library Undergraduate Research Guide Library Reference Collection HV 6787 S68 Check the index under capital punishment. . prodeathPenalty.com Site provides information in support of the death http://college.library.wisc.edu/resources/subject_guides/capunishment.htm
Extractions: ATLANTA (CNN) More than 600 prisoners have been executed in the United States since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to resume using the death penalty in 1976. Public support for capital punishment remains strong, according to polls, and states have taken action to increase the number of executions within the last decade. U.S. policy toward capital punishment offers a stark contrast to other developed nations.
Boston.com / News / Nation / Democrats Shift On Death Penalty describes himself as a death penalty opponent because it is inequitably enforcedand has been wrongfully applied. Yet he says capital punishment should be http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2003/12/07/democrats_shift_on_death_p
Extractions: Today's Globe Politics Opinion Education ... Nation CAMPAIGN BRIEFING By Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff, 12/7/2003 Soft on crime. Through the 1970s and '80s, Republicans flogged their Democratic opponents with those three words. George S. McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Walter F. Mondale, and Michael S. Dukakis all opposed the death penalty. ADVERTISEMENT In 1988, Dukakis's stock crashed after he was asked whether he would favor the death penalty if his wife was raped and murdered. He replied with detachment: "I don't see any evidence that it's a deterrent, and I think there are better and more effective ways to deal with violent crime. We've done so in my own state." He went on to lose 40 states to George H. W. Bush. In 1992, party orthodoxy shifted. A self-styled "new Democrat," Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas not only favored capital punishment, he also returned to Little Rock during the campaign to sign execution papers for a convicted murderer. In 2000, Al Gore and Bill Bradley, the Democrats vying to succeed Clinton, favored capital punishment. And the trend basically continues in this presidential campaign cycle. All six upper-tier candidates are on record as supporting at least some application of the death penalty. Moreover, four were opponents who have modified their views Howard Dean, John F. Kerry, Joseph I. Lieberman, and John Edwards. Richard A. Gephardt has been a consistent death penalty supporter, and Wesley K. Clark initially said after joining the race in September that he backed a moratorium on executions, but has voiced support of capital punishment as a punishment option for "the most heinous crimes."
Death Penalty penalty in the US, methods used, ,and other countries and their stance towards capitalpunishment. Human Rights Watch US death penalty. prodeath penalty.com. http://www.newsbatch.com/deathpenalty.htm
Extractions: Updated February 12, 2003 When did countries begin to abolish the death penalty? Capital punishment was widely applied in ancient times throughout the world. The modern movement for the abolition of capital punishment began in the 18th century with the writings of Montesquieu and Voltaire. Some of the first countries to abolish capital punishment included Venezuela (1863), San Marino (1865), and Costa Rica (1877). Today, over half the countries in the world have abolished the death penalty either by law or through practice. (Click to see map) Since 2000, Chile, Yugoslavia, Serbia, Montenegro and Turkey have joined the list of abolitionist countries. Most executions occur in a handful of countries: China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United States. In Great Britain, it was abolished (except for cases of treason) in 1971; France abolished it in 1981. Canada abolished it in 1976. In 1977, the United Nations General Assembly affirmed in a formal resolution that throughout the world, it is desirable to "progressively restrict the number of offenses for which the death penalty might be imposed, with a view to the desirability of abolishing this punishment". What has been the recent history of capital punishment in the United States?
History Of Capital Punishment Colorado capital punishment in Colorado. The person behind it is strongly prodeathpenalty and he, for example, got such a simple detail as the number of http://www.helsinki.fi/~tuschano/cp/
Extractions: The Rawlins Frontier Prison gas chamber in Wyoming, last used in 1965 Some of the available net resources on the history of capital punishment. If you think something interesting is missing, let me know and I'll check it out. Projet de loi portant abolition de la peine de mort et modifiant les peines criminelles (abolition bill, 1996, has become law since) At the End of the Rope The Death Penalty in Canada: Twenty Years of Abolition Removal of the Death Penalty (information on abolition bill, 1997, has become law since) Abolition de la peine de mort (abolition law, 1981) La peine de mort dans le monde (a simply superb site with special reference to France) Abolition in the United Kingdom Derek Bentley (executed for a murder he did not commit, 1953) R. v. Bentley (decision quashing Bentley's conviction, 1998) Bristol's Last Hanging in December 1963 Capital Punishment in the United Kingdom with list of executions, 1900-1964 The Law and Practice of Capital Punishment in the Isle of Man David Pacey's Genealogy Web Site with list of executions, 1868-1964
Extractions: Computer with Internet access Paper, pens, pencils Ask students to use what they learned in the video to define capital punishment. (A punishment in which a convicted criminal faces execution, such as by lethal injection. A criminal must be convicted, the jury must recommend the death penalty in the punishment phase of the trial, and the judge must agree with the recommendation.) Do all states allow capital punishment?
Pro-Death Penalty Resources Why the death penalty? This section is under construction. It is intendedto provide links to, and papers about, the prodeath penalty position. http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/dp/pro/pro.html
Anarchism And Capital Punishment Anarchism and capital punishment. Excerpted from the book;. I have alsoseen it stated that capital punishment is murder in its worst form. http://flag.blackened.net/daver/anarchism/tucker/tucker12.html
Extractions: Kraus Reprint Co., Millwood, NY, 1973. Since the execution of Kemmler, I have seen it stated repeatedly in the press, and especially in the reform press, and even in the Anarchistic press, that the execution was a murder. I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified. If they are based on the principle that punishment inflicted by a compulsory institution which manufacturers the criminals is worse than the crime punished, I can understand them and in some degree sympathize with them. But in that case I cannot see why capital punishment should be singled out for emphatic and exceptional denunciation. The same objection applies as clearly to punishment that simply takes away liberty as to punishment that takes away life. The use of the word capital makes me suspect that this denunciation rests on some other ground than that which I have just suggested. But what is this ground?
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Extractions: Capital Punishment deters murder, and is just Retribution Capital punishment, is the execution of criminals by the state, for committing crimes, regarded so heinous, that this is the only acceptable punishment. Capital punishment does not only lower the murder rate, but it's value as retribution alo Note! The sentences in this essay are shuffled, making this essay unusable
