Mary Shaulis's List: Capital Punishment

http://envoy.lcc.edu:2120/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMI1157-0-972&artno=0000258954&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Capital%20punishment&title=Capital%20Punishment%20Timeline&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N

This article is a time line of events relating to the death penalty and as a reference for the history of capital punishment.
For my essay I can use this article to support the issue that capital punishment has not only been used for centuries but is always a good option as long as the punishment fits the crime.

http://envoy.lcc.edu:2120/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SMI1157-0-972&artno=0000309427&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=Capital%20punishment&title=America%27s%20New%20Drug%20of%20Choice%3A%20Revenge%20&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=N&lnk=N&ic=N

This article discusses how our idea of capital punishment is not based on true punishment anymore but instead is based on the idea of revenge. Our society has become one that is obsessed with revenge and getting even instead of helping those that have done wrong.
For my essay I plan to use this to state the fact that we are a society that has become obsessed with revenge and that we need to start focusing more on the idea that the punishment fits the crime committed compared to whether or not the person that kills another person is put to death out of anger.

http://articles.latimes.com/2007/dec/19/news/OE-ARBOUR19


This article discusses in paragraph four how the death penalty should be used with extreme exceptions including only to be used for the most extreme crimes and only after the appeals process has been thoroughly gone through.
For my essay I plan to use this as a way to support my claim that the death penalty should be used but only for the worst of the worst crimes.

http://criminal.findlaw.com/crimes/more-criminal-topics/capital-punishment/reinstatement-of-the-death-penalty.html

http://www.stateline.org/live/ViewPage.action?siteNodeId=136&languageId=1&contentId=25995

This article has reliable data information that provides a look into how states are starting to lean more towards not allowing the death penalty but how the nation as a whole is continuing to lean towards keeping the death penalty on the books.
For my essay I can use this information as evidence that we do not need to use the death penalty as a punishment.

http://deathpenalty.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=1324

This is a list of pros and cons in relation to the death penalty. This information comes from procon.org, a website that concentrates on controversial issues from across the globe answering many questions and offering lots of information on each topic.
For my essay I plan to use some of the pros that are listed for the death penalty

http://www.squidoo.com/abolishthedeathpenalty

This is an informative article within the website that has information for both sides of the argument. It states some figure facts and has content that pertains to both supporters and opponents of the death penalty debate.
For my essay I plan to use some of the information that it has for opponents of the death penalty.

http://www.balancedpolitics.org/death_penalty.htm

http://envoy.lcc.edu:2067/gtx/retrieve.do?contentSet=IAC-Documents&resultListType=RESULT_LIST&qrySerId=Locale%28en%2C%2C%29%3AFQE%3D%28su%2CNone%2C19%29%22Death+Row+Inmates%22%3AAnd%3ALQE%3D%28AC%2CNone%2C8%29fulltext%24sgHitCountType=None&inPS=true&sort=DateDescend&searchType=SubjectGuideForm&tabID=T002&prodId=AONE&searchId=R2&currentPosition=1&userGroupName=lom_lansingcc&docId=A239529895&docType=IAC

This article discusses one of the main down falls to capital punishment, the possibility of putting an innocent person to death. It covers a case from Georgia where a man was sentenced to death after being convicted of killing an off-duty officer based only on testimony from “witnesses”.
For my essay I can use this article to show the down falls to capital punishment including the killing of innocent people for supposedly just reason.

http://envoy.lcc.edu:2078/hww/results/getResults.jhtml?_DARGS=/hww/results/results_common.jhtml.35

This journal entry discusses the case of Kennedy v. Louisiana in which the court determined that in order for a defendant to be considered for the death penalty it should be for a crime where another person died.
For my essay I could use this entry in order to debate my belief that those that rape children should be put to death.

http://envoy.lcc.edu:2596/doi/book/10.1201/9781439821848

This is a book that covers different aspects of criminal law including the constitution and different court cases that effect each law and parts of the constitution.
For my essay I can use a specific part in this book out of chapter 26 that discusses the issues around the death penalty.

http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/thoughtsUS.html

This document goes over a list of topics that deals with capital punishment in the US. It discusses the background of capital punishment along with pros, cons and other different aspects of it.
For my essay I can use this document to help support my claim that using capital punishment keeps the criminals off of the street and prevents them from harming anyone else. It can also be used to show that whether or not we have capital punishment on the books, it is still supported and widely accepted due to the fact that we expect our police officers to kill a fleeing gunman before that gunman can harm anyone else.

http://www.wesleylowe.com/cp.html

This is a website that is dedicated to discussing the pros to the death penalty. The author takes the opportunity to refute different claims that are made about how the death penalty is not a good thing.
For my essay I plan to use this website document to support my claim that we need capital punishment and to help refute different claims such as that the death penalty does not deter crime.