The entire current edition of Congressional Quarterly’s CQ Researcher is devoted to a comprehensive look at the death penalty in the U.S. This special CQ report, authored by Kenneth Jost and entitled “Death Penalty Controversies,” explores the history of the U.S. death penalty and changing public opinion about its use. It also looks at the current status of state moratorium developments, the continuing decline in U.S. executions, state responses to the Supreme Court’s ban on executing the mentally retarded, recent deterrence research, and the issue of innocence. The report contains a number of helpful charts, a bibliography, and a debate about whether states should impose a moratorium on executions. For information about this report, visit http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/ or https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/cqpress. (The CQ Researcher, Volume 15, Number 33, Pages 785 – 808, September 23, 2005). See Resources.
- Death Penalty Information Center (2025, March 14). NEW RESOURCE: Congressional Quarterly Reviews Death Penalty Developments. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resource-congressional-quarterly-reviews-death-penalty-developments
- Death Penalty Information Center. “NEW RESOURCE: Congressional Quarterly Reviews Death Penalty Developments.” Last modified March 14, 2025. Accessed October 2, 2026. https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resource-congressional-quarterly-reviews-death-penalty-developments.
- Death Penalty Information Center. “NEW RESOURCE: Congressional Quarterly Reviews Death Penalty Developments.” Death Penalty Information Center, 14 Mar. 2025, https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/new-resource-congressional-quarterly-reviews-death-penalty-developments. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.
