The Death Penalty

Media

Darabont, F., dir. The Green Mile.Burbank, CA: Warner Home Video, 2000. DVD. 188 min.

Foley, J. The Chamber.Universal City, CA: Universal Home Video, 1996. DVD. 113 min.

Lofaro, J., and V.Teich, dirs.The Empty Chair: Death Penalty Yes or No.Bridgehampton, NY : Justice Productions,2003. DVD. 43 min.(Documentary)

Web Links

CNN.com Transcripts: Scheduled to Die

<http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0205/25/cp.00.html>

Death Penalty Information Center: “College Curriculum”

<http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/college-curriculum>

Death Penalty Information Center: “Crimes Punishable by the Death Penalty”

<http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/crimes-punishable-death-penalty>

Death Penalty Information Center: “A Crisis of Confidence: Americans’ Doubts about the Death Penalty” (June 2007) by Richard C. Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center

<http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/CoC.pdf>

Death Penalty Information Center: “Executions in the United States”

<http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions-united-states>

Death Penalty Information Center: “History of the Death Penalty” <http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/history-death-penalty>

Death Penalty Information Center: “Power Over Life and Death: The Power to Save a Life,”Opinion, San Francisco Chronicle, January 15, 2005

<http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/power-over-life-and-death-power-save-life>

Death Penalty Information Center: “Reports”

<http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/reports>

Death Penalty Information Center: “Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis,” A Report from the Death Penalty Information Center (2009) <http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/documents/CostsRptFinal.pdf>

Death Penalty Information Center: “Studies: Researchers Find ‘No Empirical Support’ for Deterrence Theory”

<http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/studies-researchers-find-no-empirical-support-deterrence-theory>

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