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Annotated Bibliographies: Capital Punishment

Friedman, Lauri S. Death penalty. Detroit: Greenhaven P, 2011. Ebook. This book shows the
point of view people who are against and in favor of the practice of capital punishment. Also
show the argument on why is it wrong and the amount of people who have been executed and
then have been founded innocent or have not been put on the right procedure too complete
the execution and make them suffer.

Henderson, Harry. Capital Punishment. New York: Facts on File, 2006. Print. With recent
advances in DNA testing of stored forensic evidence and ongoing efforts by volunteer
advocates, more and more inmates have been found innocent, and opponents of the death
penalty argue that many more may be executed for crimes they did not commit if the laws are
not changed. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 35 people on death row
have been exonerated since the year 2000. The legal definition of who is eligible for the
death penalty is also changing. For instance, in 2002 in Atkins v. Virginia the Supreme Court
ruled it unconstitutional to execute people with mental retardation. These and other important
changes make the third edition of Capital Punishment an invaluable reference and research
guide to this controversial issue

Kerrigan, Michael. Death Row and Capital Punishment. Broomall, PA: Mason Crest, 2003. Print.
This series covers every aspect of a topic that has fascinated human beings since the
beginning of time--crime and punishment. Crime, the detection of criminals, Hammurabi
code, and the punishment of offenders has taken many forms throughout history, and these 20

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volumes examine the subject from every angle. Find out about the way the judicial system
has evolved, and examine the development of punishments through the ages, from the
biblical notion of an "eye for an eye" to modern penal systems that emphasize rehabilitation
over punishment. Discover the terrible punishments of times past, from the "death of a
thousand cuts" to the cruel and fiendish tortures of the Spanish Inquisition.

Stearman, Kaye. The Debate about the Death Penalty. New York: Rosen Pub. Group's Rosen
Central, 2008. Print. This book describes the debate about the death penalty raising questions
about whether it is justified, whether it is ever was humane, who dies and who lives, and
whether the death penalty ever makes society safer.

Slosson, Mary A. "Capital Punishment." Articles about by Date. Web. 19 Mar. 2015. San Quentin
state prison want to take capital punishment because it costs a lot of money they are not 100
percent sure if they are guilty or innocent and they have been executed so they think the
prisoners have more punishment by giving them time instead of execution

"U.S. States Could Turn to Firing Squads If Execution Drugs Scarce."Tribunedigitalchicagotribune. 17 Jan. 2014. Web. 17 Mar. 2015. The article states the that the lethal
injection are not being as effective due to the fact that they use different medication to make
the injection cheap. The injection make your lungs stop while youre still conscious and
makes you suffer through out your death and it takes more time. There has been 38

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executions that have gone wrong do to the cheap material of the injection. Republicans in
Wyoming state want to add the firing squad as a execution in option of the lethal injection.