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title: 'EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: Yale University Offers Free Online Course on Capital Punishment'
description: 'Capital Punishment: Race, Poverty, & Disadvantage is a free on-line course offered by Yale Law School. The course is taught by Stephen B. Bright…'
canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/educational-resources-yale-university-offers-free-online-course-on-capital-punishment'
section: news
date: '2015-01-09T16:05:54-05:00'
updated: '2025-03-14T14:39:45-04:00'
source: 'Death Penalty Information Center'
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! ***Capital Punishment: Race, Poverty, & Disadvantage*** is a free on-line course offered by Yale Law School. The course is taught by **Stephen B. Bright**, President of the Southern Center for Human Rights in Georgia. According to Yale's description, "This course explores the imposition of the death penalty in the United States with particular attention to the influence of race and poverty, and the disadvantages of mental illness or intellectual disability of those facing death." Each of the 13 course sessions introduces a topic within capital punishment and features video of Bright's lectures, as well as background readings and resources. The course is available through [Yale's website](http://campuspress.yale.edu/capitalpunishment/), [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9mgdi4rNez7ZuPRY3KNJ2ef16qebyZe), and [iTunesU](https://itunes.apple.com/us/course/capital-punishment-race-poverty/id942696735).

(Posted by DPIC, January 9, 2015). See also DPIC's **[Educational Curricula](/educational-curricula-death-penalty)**.