Crimes Punishable By Death
Additional Resources
- List of federal capital offenses: Crimes that are eligible for death sentences under federal law
- Mitigating Factors by State: List of the various state statutes defining mitigating circumstances for their respective jurisdictions compiled by Terry Lenamon. See also J. Kirchmeier, “A Tear in Eye of the Law: Mitigating Factors and the Progression Toward a Disease Theory of Criminal Justice,” 83 Oregon L. Rev. 631 (2004) (available https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=914180).
- Federal Mitigating and Aggravating Factors: An explanation of federal death penalty statutes regarding mitigating and aggravating factors, by Terry Lenamon and Reba Kennedy
- Use of the death penalty for killing a child victim: A DPIC analysis of age-of-victim aggravating factors in death-penalty cases