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Angel on Death Row
(http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/angel) – This site investigates the real life cases in “Dead Man Walking” and also presents pros and cons on the subject.
Bureau of Justice Statistics
(https://www.bjs.gov/) - Provides statistics and other data on capital punishment.
Human Rights Death Penalty
(http://www.derechos.org/dp) - This site is maintained by Derechos Human Rights, an organization thatworks against violations to human rights and humanitarian law all over the world. It provides information, news and actions.
Legal Information Institute: Death Penalty
(http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/death_penalty.html) – This Cornell University site features the laws and Supreme Court cases on the death penalty

Death sentence: The story of capital punishment
Films on Demand (59min)
This program explores the issue through historical examples and interviews with legal scholars.
Life and death row: Execution
Alexander Street Video (55 min)
A striking three part series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of the young people whose lives have been shaped by it. Going inside prison walls and meeting America’s youngest Death Row inmates, the series discovers what it’s like to live with the threat of the death chamber.
The penalty
Alexander Street Video (1hr 27min)
The human cost of the death penalty in America comes in for a timely, gripping examination in The Penalty, the vital new documentary from British filmmakers Will Francome & Mark Pizzey

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