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The Justice Center has developed
a new site on the Internet, Focus on the Death Penalty.
The site (http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/just/death/)
has been established to provide as full a picture as possible,
using Internet resources, of the complexities surrounding capital
punishment. It does not advocate a particular position in the
death penalty debate. The information, with associated links
to other relevant sites, is presented in a series of sections.
Alaska & the Death Penalty
presents a summary of the death penalty in Territorial Alaska
and legislative information on current efforts to reintroduce
the death penalty to the state.
History & Recent Developments
provides a history of the death penalty in the U.S. since 1930
and links to significant U.S. Supreme Court decisions on capital
punishment. Death Penalty Statistics provides statistical
information on the death penalty and its application in the U.S.,
including the number of executions and number of prisoners under
sentence of death. Death Row links to several state prison
systems with death row information, sites about life on death
row and death row prisoners, and methods of execution.
The Debate introduces the
debate on the death penalty with a number of sites providing
arguments on both sides of the issue, including law enforcement
and religious viewpoints. Specific Issues provides a more
in-depth look at relevant arguments on the cost of the death
penalty, the possibility of executing innocent persons, arbitrary
application of the death penalty, including allegations about
racial disparity and unequal justice, and other issues. Organizations
& Sites, Pro & Con gives links to organizations and
web sites advocating both sides of the death penalty debate.
Finally, The International Context
provides links to international treaties and protocols on the
death penalty and other resources demonstrating how other nations
view the death penalty.
Melissa S. Green of the Justice
Center designed and maintains the site.