In the course of its research, DPIC collects relevant death penalty articles that have appeared in print and on media Web sites. Our collection certainly does not contain all such articles, nor do we claim that it represents the “best” articles. It is only a representative sample of the extensive coverage given to capital punishment in print in a particular year. For those interested in examining this coverage, we have prepared indexes of the articles in PDF format for 2004 to 2007, and an Excel spreadsheet for 2008. Note that we are not posting the actual text of the articles. The indexes alone are very long.

Due to the length of the index, we have listed the main categories below in alphabetical order for easy reference. Prior to 2008, the indexes is also arranged according to these categories and chronologically within each category. Each article’s entry prior to 2008 gives its source, date (year-month-day), author, title and the category of the main subject discussed, while the category is omitted in 2008. Some articles appear in more than one category. To go directly to the index, click the one of the links below.

2004 Death Penalty Article Index
2005 Death Penalty Article Index
2006 Death Penalty Article Index
2007 Death Penalty Article Index

2008 Death Penalty Article Index
2009 Death Penalty Article Index

Categories

AppealsMental Retardation
ArbitrarinessMethods
BooksMichigan (MI)
Botched ExecutionsMilitary
Causes of ViolenceMoratorium
ClemencyNew Voices
CommutationsNew York (NY)
CostsPolitical Manipulation
Death Row ConditionsPresidential Candidates’ Views
DeterrenceProsecutorial Misconduct
DNAPublic Opinion
EditorialsRace
Educational CurriculumRecent Legislation
ExecutionsReligious Views
ExtraditionRepresentation
False ConfessionsResources
Family MurdersRoper v Simmons
Federal Death PenaltySentencing
Foreign NationalsSniper Trial
History of Death PenaltySr Helen Prejean
Human RightsStatements
InnocenceStatistics
InternationalStudies
JudgesSupreme Court
JuriesTerrorism
JuvenilesTime on Death Row
Law Enforcement ViewsTorture
LegislationTexas (TX)
LWOP (Life Without Parole)Victims Families
McVeigh-NicholsVolunteers
Medical EthicsWomen
Mental IllnessYear End



2004 Death Penalty Article Index
2005 Death Penalty Article Index
2006 Death Penalty Article Index
2007 Death Penalty Article Index