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Capital punishment interative
A collection of interactive resources from CBS including; history, special reports, famous cases and information regarding Juvenile’s and the Death Penalty.

Amnesty International – against capital punishment
The death penalty violates the right to life. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It has no place in a modern criminal justice system.

The Gulf Region Advocacy Center
The Gulf Region Advocacy Center, or GRACE, is an independent, client-centered, Houston-based charity that provides high quality capital defense to indigents facing the death penalty at trial or retrial.

The juvenile death penalty: Cruel and unusual punishment
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Over 70 juvenile offenders now sit on death rows across the country and 22 juvenile offenders have been executed since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The time to end this barbaric practice is long overdue.

The Pink Mile
When Debra Schaefer goes to work, gates and doors lock behind her. For eight hours she is unable to leave. If something catastrophic were to happen there would be no escape. But the psychological impact of her incarceration every working day isn’t something she dwells on.

The Texas Death Machine
Being charged with a capital crime is surely bad news anywhere but there’s no place worse than Texas. After the state Board of Pardons turned down Karla Faye Tucker’s petition, she became the 146th person executed by Texas after the Supreme Court voted to reinstate the death penalty in 1976.

High Court ends death penalty for juveniles
Justices could rule as early as next week on whether the Constitution allows states to execute juvenile killers, a question that could strike down the practice in 19 states. The court is closely divided on death penalty issues.

Children and the death penalty
The Convention on the Rights of the Child clearly stipulates that capital punishment shall not be imposed for offences committed by persons below eighteen years of age. All States, but the United States and Somalia have ratified the Convention.

Kids Against The Death Penalty
Kids Against the Death Penalty (KADP) is an organisation dedicated to ending the Death Penalty across the United States. “Yes we are kids, but we know that Murder of ANY kind is wrong, and that includes state-sanctioned-murder.”

Ohio’s Death Row
Building an online data base of Ohio death row inmate information and related links is a huge undertaking. We hope that you will find here, the resources and information that you may be looking for.

No to the Death Penalty International
The ‘No to the Death Penalty International’ website features links to anti capital punishment campaigns, appeals & petitions, family & inmate campaigns, news, information and much more. One of the most comprehensive that you will find on the Internet.

Eyewitness Identification
Eyewitness identification is one of the most potent and effective tools available to police and prosecutors. It’s compelling, it convinces juries of the guilt of a defendant. The problem is, eyewitness identifications are wrong at least 50% of the time.

Crowds mass for Williams funeral
Source BBC News: Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of executed former US
gang leader Stanley “Tookie” Williams.

Ethics – capital punishment
The question as to whether or not it is morally acceptable for the state to execute people, and if so under what circumstances, has been debated for centuries.

Report of the Commission on Capital Punishment
The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois commends the Governor’s Commission on Capital Punishment for its diligent work and considerable attention to addressing problems in Illinois’ failed death penalty system.

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