Useful Websites
Death Penalty Information Centre
www.deathpenaltyinfo.org
Based in Washington DC this organisation contains a wealth of reports on capital punishment issues, including state-by-state information, statistics on the death penalty and a regularly updated 'What's New' section.
Amnesty International
www.amnesty.org.uk
This well-known organisation has worked for many years towards the abolition of the death penalty, amongst other humanitarian issues.
Journey of Hope
www.journeyofhhope.org
Journey of Hope (From Violence to Healing) is an organisation where murder victims' family members, death row prisoners' family members and those exonerated from death row join together to carry out public speaking engagements and speaking tours to address alternatives to the death penalty.
Death Penalty Focus
www.deathpenalty.org
Founded in 1988, Death Penalty Focus is dedicated to the abolition of capital punishment through public education. Its newsletter - The Sentry - provides regular information on current death penalty issues.
NAACP Legal Defence Fund
www.naacpldf.org
This organisation publicises a quarterly report entitled Death Row USA which provides comprehensive US death penalty statistics together with state-by-state information.
Hands Off Cain
www.handsoffcain.info
Founded in Brussels in 1993, Hands Off Cain is a league of citizens and parliamentarians for the abolition of the death penalty worldwide.
Death Watch International
www.deathwatchinternational.org
A UK-based organisation promoting the campaign against the death penalty. DWI is a member of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty.
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
www.ncadp.org
The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty was founded in 1976. With its headquarters in Washington DC , NCADP serves its network of over 100 state and national affiliates, providing them with technical assistance, training and strategic advice to end, limit or repeal the death penalty, state by state.
Death Penalty News and Updates
people.smu.edu/rhalperi
This website is compiled by Dr. Rick Halperin, a former chairperson of Amnesty International USA and a director of Southern Methodist University, Texas. It contains a regularly updated variety of information on the death penalty and current issues surrounding it.
Useful reading
Death At Midnight
by Don Cabana
Published by North Eastern University Press
This is a personal account of the experiences of Donald Cabana, a long-term corrections official and previous supporter of the death penalty, now an outspoken opponent to capital punishment.
The Execution of Innocents
by Sister Helen Prejean
Published by Random House
The story of two prisoners, finally accompanied to their executions by the author, evidence that was never presented to the trial jury and Sister Helen's firm belief in their innocence.
The Future of America's Death Penalty
by Charles Lanier, William Bowers and James Acker
Published by Carolina Academic Press
Denitrifying the most critical issues confronting the future of capital punishment in the United States.
Journey of Hope
by Bill Pelke
Published by Xlibris
In The Journey of Hope...From Violence to Healing Bill Pelke writes of his own Journey of Hope, and how he overcame violence through the healing power of forgiveness.
Life and Death Matters - Seeking the Truth About Capital Punishment
by Robert Baldwin
Published in 2009 by New South Books
Focusing on the myths and misconceptions about prisons and the death penalty from the author's personal experiences and his journey confronting racism and the death penalty in the deep south.
No Winners Here Tonight
by Andrew Welsh-Huggins
Published in 2009
A comprehensive study of the history of the death penalty in Ohio, examining the state's experience with capital punishment.
A Saint on Death Row
by Thomas Cahill
Published in 2009 by Doubleday
The author tells the story of Dominique Green, highlighting issues of race, poverty and abuse and tracing his childhood through to his years on death row until his execution in 2004.
Serving Time, Serving Others
by Tom and Laura Lagana
Published by Fruit Bearer Publishing
These inspiring and true stories reveal the helping hands that have been offered behind prison walls, from fellow inmates, prison volunteers, correctional officers, counsellors and chaplains - humane acts in inhumane surroundings.
Waiting to Die: Life on Death Row
by Richard M. Rossi
Published by Vision Paperbacks
Richard Rossi, sentenced to death in 1983, gives a straightforward account of his daily life on Arizona's death row, the conditions under which they live and the psychological toll of living under the sentence of death.
Within These Walls
by Rev. Carroll Pickett
Published by St. Martin's Press
Carroll Pickett ministered to ninety-five men and stood alongside them in the execution chamber during their final moments. This book is his memoirs of those years and illustrates why he so strongly opposes the death penalty today. |
