Jared Rusk

AnnotatedBibliography

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ty=tp&tid=18
Thiscitationisawebsitewithgraphsofthenumberorpeoplekilledbycapital
punishmenteachyear.Thewebsitealsoshowstheage,race,sex,andmoreofthe
individualsthathavebeensentencedwithCapitalPunishment.Italsostatestheoffences
andhowbadofanoffencethatthepersonsentencedreceivedasapunishment
JoeMesserli(2012)http://www.balancedpolitics.org/death_penalty.htm
Thiswebsiteshowsprosandconstothedeathpenalty.Itshowsfinancialrights,talks
aboutmorallyrightorwrong,Possibilitythatinnocentpeoplebeouttodeath,itcanteach
wrongwaysofpunishment,lifeinprisonisalsosaidtobeworse,justiceisbetterserved,
aprisonerthatisawaitingdeathrowcouldkillmore.
CornellUniversity(2012)http://www.law.cornell.edu/lii/terms/documentation
Thiswebsitetalksaboutwhocanprescribethedeathpenalty,thattogetthedeathpenalty
thecrimemustbeproportional,howlongandhowittakestogetapprovedincourt,
differentmethodsofexecutingtheindividualwhichincludelethalinjectionortheelectric
chair.Botharedebatedonhowhumanetheyaretopreform.Italsotalksaboutpeoplenot
beingabletoreceivethedeathpenaltyduetomentalhandicaps
ScottLangley(2012)http://www.ncadp.org/index.cfm?content=5.
Showsthesizeofdeathrowsince1973.Executionsarecostlytotaxpayers,capital
punishmentdoesnotstraypeopleawayfromcrimes,Statescantpromisethatavictim
isntinnocent,raceplaysabigroleintheoutcomeoflifeordeath,capitalpunishment
goesagainstmostreligions,badlawyers,andlifeinprisonisconsideredtobejutasbad
UniversityofAlaskaAnchoragehttp://justice.uaa.alaska.edu/death/procon.html
Differentsiteswithlinksondeathpenalty.