Looking At The Death Penalty Extensive writings (pro versus con) about the death penalty. capital PunishmentArguments for Life and death. death penalty Sentencing Information in http://www.uncp.edu/home/vanderhoof/death.html
Extractions: Will the death penalty follow? The Saga of Anthony Porter Lynching at Gallows Harbor Evil isn't supposed to visit places like Clearfield, Pa. where a group of teens hung a 15-year old learning disabled girl then bashed her face with a rock for fear she would reveal that they planned to run away to Florida.
Pro-Death Penalty Resources It is intended to provide links to, and papers about, the prodeath penalty position . pro death penalty Resources Clark County India prosecutor http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim/dp/pro/pro.html
Death Penalty Is the death penalty considered cruel and unusual punishment? Whether youreprodeath penalty, anti-death penalty or not sure, welcome to Suite http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/deathpenalty
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Pope's Statement Angel on death Row. death penaltypro and con. The Pope s Statement. While thevast majority of US Catholics support capital punishment, Pope John Paul II http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/angel/procon/popestate.html
Extractions: var loc = "../../"; While the vast majority of U.S. Catholics support capital punishment, Pope John Paul II has declared the Church's near total opposition to the death penalty. In his encyclical "Evangelium Vitae" (The Gospel of Life) issued March 25, 1995 after four years of consultations with the world's Roman Catholic bishops, John Paul II wrote that execution is only appropriate "in cases of absolute necessity, in other words, when it would not be possible otherwise to defend society. Today, however, as a result of steady immprovement in the organization of the penal system, such cases are very rare, if not practically nonexistent." Until this encyclical, the death penalty was viewed as sometimes permissible as a means of protecting society. The universal catechismbook of rulesfor Catholics had affirmed the right of the state to punish criminals with appropriate penalties "not excluding in cases of extreme gravity, the death penalty." From Para. 56 of Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), an encyclical letter on various threats to human life which Pope John Paul II issued on March 25, 1995. "This is the context in which to place the problem of the death penalty. On this matter there is a growing tendency, both in the Church and in civil society, to demand that it be applied in a very limited way or even that it be abolished completely. The problem must be viewed in the context of a system of penal justice ever more in line with human dignity and thus, in the end, with God's plan for man and society. The primary purpose of the punishment which society inflicts is "to redress the disorder caused by the offence."(46) Public authority must redress the violation of personal and social rights by imposing on the offender an adequate punishment for the crime, as a condition for the offender to regain the exercise of his or her freedom. In this way authority also fulfills the purpose of defending public order and ensuring people's safety, while at the same time offering the offender an incentive and help to change his or her behaviour and be rehabilitated.(47)
Focus On The Death Penalty Offers history, statistics, death rows by state, issues under debate, and theinternational context. http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/death/
Extractions: 24 March 2005: T he Death Penalty Statistics A number of attempts at introducing capital punishment to the Alaska criminal justice system have occurred in recent years. The purpose of this site is to provide Alaska citizens and other members of the public with a source of information on the death penalty so that they can make informed decisions on this important issue. (See for historical information and updates on the progress of the death penalty debate in Alaska.) We hope that others will also find the site useful. This site has been established by the Justice Center at University of Alaska Anchorage as an educational resource. It is not intended to take sides in the debate on the death penalty. Rather, its purpose is to give as full a picture as possible, using existing Internet resources, of the complex issues surrounding capital punishment and its application.
Bishop's Statement Angel on death Row. death penaltypro and con The resumption of capitalpunishment after a long moratorium, which began in 1967, is the result of a http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/angel/procon/bishopstate.html
Extractions: var loc = "../../"; Approved by the U.S. Bishops in November 1980 INTRODUCTION In 1974, out of a commitment to the value and dignity of human life, the U.S. Catholic Conference, by a substantial majority, voted to declare its opposition to capital punishment. As a former president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops pointed out in 1977, the issue of capital punishment involves both "profound legal and political questions" as well as "important moral and religious issues."(1) And so we find that this issue continues to provoke public controversy and to raise moral questions that trouble many. This is particularly true in the aftermath of widely publicized executions in Utah and Florida and as a result of public realization that there are now over 500 persons awaiting execution in various prisons in our country. The resumption of capital punishment after a long moratorium, which began in 1967, is the result of a series of decisions by the United States Supreme Court. In the first of these decisions, Furman v. Georgia
