Annotated Bibliography (assignment 3)

Annotated Bibliography

Capital Punishment


Official Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2006. February 2007. www.antideathpenalty.org

This online resource is statistically based from the Bureau of Justice. They also state the number of executions by state and by year. The article also states executions of different countries and years they had executions. The people listed to be executed and have for some reason not been executed or freed are also listed. The article shows mostly how the execution rate is decreasing because the website is against capital punishment. The articles are based on statistics so there is no opinion on the article except that they have very useful facts on capital punishment. All this information is authored by the government so it is 100% reliable.


Arnold, Glenn.The International Perspective. October 31, 2004. www.suite101.com/article.cfm

Glenn Arnold is a member of the Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty and strictly a writer. He has published many different articles concerning the Death Penalty in many different magazines. His article states facts about the Death Penalty and does not state a certain side he is on. The article lets the reader decide their own opinion on the subject. Expect to obtain information concerning countries and states that are for and against the punishment. As a reader you will began to understand the reasoning for the death penalty and reasoning why the death penalty seems to be worthless. The article exposed the reality of the subject and is very useful for an understanding and overview of the death penalty.


Anderson, Kerby. Capital Punishment. August 5, 2003. Probe Ministries.
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/cap-pun.html

Kerby Anderson is the President of Probe Ministries. He is a nationally syndicated columnist and has published several books. This article is based on the religious outlook towards the death penalty. Expect to read examples and reasoning from the old and new testaments of the bible. At the end of the article he will discuss discrimination and objections towards capital punishment. This is a Very broad overview of oppositions against the punishment and a very reliable source if you are looking for moral reasons against Capital Punishment.





CQ Researcher. Rethinking the Death Penalty. November 16, 2001. Volume 11, Number 40.
http://Library.cqupress.com/cqresearcher/document.php

This is a very reliable resource because it allows you to view a full report, overview, background, current situations, outlook, pros/cons, and bibliography about capital punishment. The report starts out with a story of a mental patient faced with capital punishment and what ends up happening to him. Then reveals the publics viewpoint and shows visual graphs and statistics supporting their claim. There is no support towards or against the subject, mostly just facts are shown throughout the report. The general overview seemed to be most useful for my research on the topic.

Sarat, Austin. The Killing State. Capital Punishment in Law, Politics, and Culture. New York, Oxford. Oxford University Press 1999.

Austin Sarat is a Professor of Political Science and Amherst College. He is the author and editor of 20 books and president of the Law and Society Association. Every aspect of Capital Punishment is examined through out this book. He looks and a lot of the moral aspects of capital punishment and the rate of killings each year. Killings by the state is deeply revealed and exposed through out the chapters. He also explains how this type of punishment affects our culture.

Marzilli, Alan. Capital Punishment. Chelsea House Publishers. Phiadelphia 2003.

Marzilli is a consultant for several non-profit organizations and well known spokesperson for mental health issues all over the world. This short book explains the Death Penalty as and effective Deterrent to Crime. Counterpoints how it is already too easy to convict and execute people. He also points out how capital punishment is applied unfairly. He also explains how capital punishment could be in the future of America. I found this as a good source for an opinion on Capital Punishment. It has very good social reasoning concerning the topic of capital punishment and I found it useful for a social standpoint.

Kerrigan, Michael. Death Row and Capital Punishment. Crime and Detection. Manson Crest Publishers 2005.

Michael Kerrigan is a long time journalist and studied at Oxford and Princeton. This book is very easy to understand and read. All the pictures help reveal the truth about Capital Punishment and the effects it has on the people. I liked the book starts off with the history of Capital Punishment dating back to the roman times and how it is used today. Expect to read about the American tradition of the death penalty and how it is used in detail. Then the death penalty world wide is explained but in not so much detail. At the end of the book he will talk about the protestors towards the death penalty and give reliable insight on to how he obtained the information. I really liked how it was very easy to understand and didn’t leave me with any questions.