Understanding capital punishment law, 2d ed.
9781422423868 Understanding capital punishment law, 2d ed. Carter, Linda E. et al. LexisNexis 2008 381 pages $37.00 Paperback Questions and answers series KF9227 Using a question-and-answer format, the series...

Encyclopedia of capital punishment in the United States, 2d ed.
9780786432639 Encyclopedia of capital punishment in the United States, 2d ed. Palmer, Louis J. McFarland & Co. 2008 623 pages $95.00 Hardcover HV8694 Palmer (an attorney for the West Virginia Supreme...

The death penalty debate: after a seven-month break, executions have resumed in the U.S.--and so has the debate over capital punishment itself.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Two days before Christmas in 1988, William Lynd shot his 26-year-old girlfriend, Ginger Moore, in the face during an argument. He shot her a second time as she clung to life, and then a third time, fatally, as she struggled in the trunk of his...

Pope John Paul II, Vatican II, and capital punishment.
INTRODUCTION I am very pleased to be participating in this conference on the legacy of Pope John Paul II. Although I am speaking on John Paul II's profound impact on the Church's teaching on the morality of capital punishment, I would like to begin with a few...

Capital punishment in the United States and beyond.
[This article explores the controversial topic of capital punishment, with a particular focus on its longstanding application in the United States. The use of the death penalty in the US has been the subject of much criticism both domestically and internationally. The numerous concerns addressed in this article relate...

Proposed reforms to the Illinois capital punishment system: a status report: a co-chair of the Illinois Governor's Commission on Capital Punishment reports on the fate of various commission proposals for death-penalty reform. While the system is better, there is ample room for improvement.
It has been over seven years since former governor George h. Ryan imposed a moratorium on executions, five years since the Illinois Governor's commission on capital Punishment made its 85 recommendations on ways the system could be made more "just, fair and accurate," (1) and four years since Governor...

Capital punishment.
The latest news out of Europe is that the European Union has failed to get unanimous consent among its members for support of a resolution at the United Nations banning capital punishment. It appears that both Poland and Malta, and to some extent, Ireland, have refused to sign on,...

Capital punishment exists in Canada.
Opponents of capital punishment have been quick to underline the significance of the unanimous decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal to quash the long-contested murder conviction of Stephen Truscott in the 1959 rape and death of his 12-year-old schoolmate, Lynne Harper. Truscott would have been hanged for this...

Wretched sisters; examining gender and capital punishment.
9780820478838 Wretched sisters; examining gender and capital punishment. Atwell, Mary Welek. Peter Lang Publishing Inc 2007 242 pages $32.95 Paperback Studies in crime and punishment; v.19 KF9731 They were...

New Jersey repeals capital punishment.
New Jersey became the first state in decades to repeal the death penalty as Governor Jon S. Corzine signed a measure to end what he called "state-endorsed killing." The state had reestablished capital punishment in 1982, but no executions had taken place. In addition to signing the...