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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.

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.

Circumstances of Offense: Robert “Saint” Bailey on Death Row NEW
A first-hand account of the life of Simon City Royals gangster Robert “Saint” Bailey who is currently on Death Row in Raiford, Florida. He killed a law enforcement officer in 2005.

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

Death Penalty and Mental Illness
The execution of those with mental illness or “the insane” is clearly prohibited by international law. Virtually every country in the world prohibits the execution of people with mental illness. The execution of the insane – someone who does not understand the reason for, or the reality of, his or her punishment – violates the U.S. Constitution (Ford v. Wainwright, 1986).

Death Penalty Photography Documentary Project
These are just a few of the images captured in Scott Langley’s chilling death penalty documentary photography project, which is the most comprehensive collection of original death penalty photographs available from one source.

Dr. King’s Stance Against the Death Penalty
As the U.S. observes the eighty-third birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this is a perfect time to reflect on the slain civil rights leader, Nobel laureate and death penalty opponent. Much is known of the Montgomery bus boycott that he led in the 1950s. He fought for economic justice and the plight of the poor, and supported Memphis sanitation workers before he was assassinated.

Killer Art: Florida’s Death Row Artists NEW
Art and letters from the men who await death in the Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida. Author, Chris Dahl keeps in close correspondence with inmates on Death Row In The Union Correctional Institution in Raiford, Florida.

World Coalition: Global Campaigns
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.

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