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• What is the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC)?

• What is DPIC's stance on the death penalty?

• Does DPIC grant interviews?

• How do I cite information from DPIC's Web site in my research?

• Arbitrariness
• Deterrence
• The Death Penalty Internationally
• Death Row
• Executions
• History
  
• Innocence
• Costs
  
• Mental Illness and Retardation
• Race
• Representation
• Victims
• Women

Arbitrariness-

Deterrence-

The Death Penalty Internationally-

Death Row-

Executions-

History-

Innocence-

Costs-

Mental Illness and Retardation-

Race-

Representation-

Victims-

Women-

• Arbitrariness
• Deterrence
• The Death Penalty Internationally
• Death Row
• Executions
• History
  
• Innocence
• Costs
  
• Mental Illness and Retardation
• Race
• Representation
• Victims
• Women

Arbitrariness -

• Arbitrariness by DPIC
• Samuel R. Gross, "Still Unfair, Still Arbitrary - But Do We Care?, Keynote Address," 26 Ohio N.U. L. Rev. 517 (2000).
• Ben Steiner, "Still Arbitrary: Capital Sentencing in the Post-Furman Era," 10 Crim. Just. Pol’y Rev. 85 (1999).
• "The Death Penalty is Arbitrary and Unfair" by Amnesty International
• Michael Burkhead & James Luginbuhl, "Sources of Bias and Arbitrariness In The Capital Trial," 50 J. Soc. Issues 103 (1994).
• Ronald J. Tabak, "The Death of Fairness: The Arbitrary and Capricious Imposition of The Death Penalty In The 1980s," 14 Rev. of L. and Soc. Change 797 (1986)."Scattered Justice: Geographic Disparities of the Death Penalty" by the American Civil Liberties Union (March 5, 2004)
• David Baldus, et al., "Arbitrariness And Discrimination In The Administration Of The Death Penalty: A Challenge To State Supreme Court," 15 Stetson L. Rev. 133 (1986).
• John Blume, Theodore Eisenberg, and Martin T. Wells, "Explaining Death Row's Population and Racial Composition," Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Volume 1, Issue 1, 165-207, March 2004

Deterrence-

• Deterrence by DPIC
• "The Death Penalty Meets Social Science: Deterrence and Jury Behavior Under New Scrutiny" by Robert Weisberg (1Annual Review of Law and Social Science 151 (2005)).
• Testimony of Jeffrey Fagan before the Joint Committee on the Judiciary of the Massachusetts Legislature on House Bill 3834
• Michael L Radelet and Ronald L. Akers "Deterrence and the Death Penalty: The Views of the Experts." Northern Illinois University
• Noah Berliner, Kelli Gardner, & Elizabeth Thibault, "Deterrent Value and the Cost of Death Penalty," University of Vermont (1998)

The Death Penalty Internationally-

• International Perspectives on the Death Penalty: A Costly Isolation for the U.S. by DPIC
• The Death Penalty: An International Perspective by DPIC
• "Death Penalty - Beyond Abolition" (Council of Europe Publishing, 2004)
  
• Hood, Roger: "The Death Penalty: A World-Wide Perspective"; Revised and Updated Edition, Oxford University Press, 2002. Originally published by Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1996
• Published by the International Commission of Jurists, "The Death Penalty: Condemned" (September, 2000)
• Schabas, William A.: "The abolition of the death penalty in international law"; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1997
• How the Death Penalty Weakens U.S. International Interests by the American Civil Liberties Union

Death Row-

• • Death Row by DPIC
  • Katya Lezin, Finding Life on Death Row: Profiles of Six Inmates, (Northeastern University Press, 1999)
    
  • Within These Walls: Memoirs of a Death House Chaplain - Rev. Carroll Pickett (St. Martin's Press, 2002)
  • "A Life in the Balance: The Billy Wayne Sinclair Story" (Arcade Publishing 2001)
    
  • "A Dream of the Tattered Man: Stories From Georgia's Death Row" by Randolph Loney (William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2001)
    
  • Life on Death Row by Robert W. Murray (Albert Publishing Co. in association with 1st Books Library, 2003)
    
  • Death Row Fact Sheet from the Florida Department of Corrections
    
  • "Poetic Justice: Reflections on the Big House, the Death House and the American Way of Justice" by Robert Johnson (Northwoods Press, 2003)
  • Scott Christianson's "Condemned: Inside the Sing Sing Death House" (New York University Press, 2000)
    
  • Death Row Facts from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
    
  • "Killing Time: An Investigation into the Death Row Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal," by Dave Lindorff (Common Courage Press, 2003)
    
  • "Still Surviving," Nanon Williams (Breakout Publishing Co., 2003)
    
  • Richard M. Rossi (Vision Paperbacks, 2004)
    
  • Capital Consequences: Families of the Condemned Tell Their Stories by Rachel King (Rutgers University Press, 2005)

Executions-

• Executions in the United States by DPIC
• Execution Database by DPIC
• "Some Examples of Post-Furman Botched Executions" by Michael L. Radelet, University of Colorado
• Listen to the audio "Execution Tapes" recorded by the Georgia Department of Corrections

History-

• History of the Death Penalty by DPIC
• The History of the Death Penalty: a Guide for Students by DPIC
• Amnesty International, "List of Abolitionist and Retentionist Countries," Report ACT 50/01/99, April 1999
• D. Baker: "A Descriptive Profile and Socio-Historical Analysis of Female Executions in the United States: 1632-1997"; 10(3) Women and Criminal Justice 57 (1999)
• R. Bohm, "Deathquest: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Capital Punishment in the United States," Anderson Publishing, 1999.
• "The Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies," H. Bedau, editor, Oxford University Press, 1997.
• K. O'Shea, "Women and the Death Penalty in the United States, 1900-1998," Praeger 1999.
• W. Schabas "The Abolition of the Death Penalty in International Law," Cambridge University Press, second edition, 1997.
• "Society's Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty," L. Randa, editor, University Press of America, 1997.
• V. Streib, "Death Penalty For Female Offenders January 1973 to December 2002," Ohio Northern University, 2003.

Innocence-

• Innocence and the Death Penalty by DPIC
• Innocence and the Crisis in the American Death Penalty by DPIC
• Death Penalty: Innocence by the American Civil Liberties Union
  
• The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions, Sister Helen Prejean (Random House, 2005)
  
• May God Have Mercy: A True Story of Crime and Punishment, by John C. Tucker, Norton Press, 1997
• The Innocence Project at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University
  
• Warden, Rob and Protess, David, L.: "A Promise of Justice: The Eighteen Year Old Fight to Save Four Innocent Men," 1998
• Connery, Donald S., ed.: "Convicting the innocent: the story of a murder, a false confession, and the struggle to free a 'wrong man;'" Brookline Books, Cambridge, MA, 1996
• Parloff, Roger: "Triple jeopardy: a story of law at its best - and worst;" Little Brown and Company, New York, 1996
• Harris, Arthur Jay: "Until proven innocent: a true story of murder, honor, and justice;" Avon Books, New York, 1995
• Perske, Robert: "Deadly Innocence?" Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN, 1995
• Earley, Pete: "Circumstantial evidence: death, life, and justice in a Southern town;" Bantam Books, New York, 1995
  
• The Innocence Project Northwest at the Univeristy of Washington School of Law
  
• Davies, Nick: "White lies: rape, murder, and justice Texas style;" Pantheon Books, New York, 1991
  
• Radelet, Michael L, Bedau, Hugo Adam: "In spite of innocence;" Northeastern University Press
• Adams, Randall Dale, et al.: "Adams vs. Texas" St. Martins Press
• "Wrongly Convicted: Perspectives on Failed Justice" (Saundra D. Westervelt and John A. Humphrey, eds., Rutgers University Press, July 2001)

Costs-

• Costs of the Death Penalty by DPIC
• Millions Misspent: What Politicans Don't Say About the High Costs of the Death Penalty by DPIC
• Costanzo, Mark: "Just revenge: costs and consequences of the death penalty;" St. Martin's Press, New York, 1997
• Tempest, Rone. "Death Row Often Means a Long Life; California Condemns Many Murderers, but Few are ever Executed." Los Angeles Times, Mar 6, 2005
• Noah Berliner, Kelli Gardner, & Elizabeth Thibault, "Deterrent Value and the Cost of Death Penalty," University of Vermont (1998)

Mental Illness and Retardation-

• Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty by DPIC
• Mental Illness and the Death Penalty by DPIC
• Reed, Emily Fabrycki "The Penry penalty: capital punishment and offenders with retardation;" University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 1993
• Miller, Kent S. and Radelet, Michael "Executing the mentally ill: the criminal justice system and the case of Alvin Ford"; Sage Publications, Newbury Park, California, 1993
• Conley, Ronald W. et al., ed.: "The criminal justice system and retardation;" Paul H. Brooks, Baltimore, MD, 1992
• Mental Illness and the Death Penalty in the United States by the American Civil Liberties Union
• Death Penalty: Mental Retardation by the American Civil Liberties Union

Race-

• Race and the Death Penalty by DPIC
• Chattahoochee Judicial District - The Buckle of the Death Belt: The Death Penalty in Microcosm by DPIC
• Racial Disparities in Federal Death Penalty Prosecutions 1988-1994 by DPIC
• The Death Penalty in Black & White: Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides by DPIC
• Andrew Welsh-Huggins, "Death Penalty Unequal," Associated Press, May 7, 2005.
• Kate Roberts, "Capital Cases Hard for Smaller Counties," Associated Press, May 8, 2005
• John Seewer, "Two Killers; One Spared," Associated Press, May 9, 2005
• Race and the Death Penalty by the American Civil Liberties Union
• The Impact of Legally Inappropriate Factors on Death Sentencing for California Homicides, 1990-99 Santa Clara Law Review, Vol 46 by Glenn Pierce and Michael Radelet

Representation-

• Death Penalty Representation by DPIC
• "If you cannot afford a lawyer..." by the Southern Center for Human Rights (January 2003)
• Nelson, Polly "Defending the devil: my story as Ted Bundy's last lawyer;" William Morrow & Co., New York, 1994
• Bright, Stephen "Neither Equal Nor Just: The Rationing and Denial of Legal Services to the Poor When Life and Liberty Are at Stake." Annual Survey of American Law. Volume 1997
• Inadequate Representation by the American Civil Liberties Union

Victims-

• Victims and the Death Penalty by DPIC
• "Choosing Mercy: A Mother of Murder Victims Pleads to End the Death Penalty" by Antoinette Bosco (Orbis Books, 2001)
• Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation
• Murder Victims' Families for Human Rights
• "Don't Kill in Our Names: Families of Murder Victims Speak Out Against the Death Penalty," author Rachel King (Rutgers Press, 2003)
• Journey of Hope...From Violence to Healing
• "The Empty Chair: Death Penalty Yes or No" a documentary by Jacqui Lofaro and Victor Teich

Women-

• Women and the Death Penalty by DPIC
• Women and the Death Penalty in the United States, 1900-1998 by Kathleen A. O'Shea. Praeger Publishers, Westport, Conn.
• Lowry, Beverly: "Crossed over: a murder, a memoir;" Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992
  
• Death Penalty for Female Offenders, January 1, 1973, Through June 30, 2009 Issue #56 by Victor Streib
  
• Death Penalty: Women by the American Civil Liberties Union