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1. Information sites

a/ General

- Death Penalty Information Center
Analysis and extensive information on issues concerning capital punishment.

- Deathpenalty.Net
A vast source of articles and general information about the death penalty

- ACLU Death Penalty Information
from The American Civil Liberties Union, US foremost advocate of individual rights - litigating, legislating, and educating the public on a broad array of issues affecting individual freedom in the USA.

- Death Penalty Institute of Oklahoma
This institute serves the media and the public with analysis and information on issues concerning capital punishment.


b/ Facts and statistics

- Clark County Prosecuting Attorney: The Death Penalty Statistics and information on the death penalty in the USA; factual and legal summaries of cases since 1977.

- Texas Department of Criminal Justice: Death Row Statistics
A website with extensive information including a list of final meal requests, a schedule of upcoming executions, ...

- Bureau of Justice Statistics
from the US Office of Justice Programs' (OJP's).
Its mission is to provide federal leadership in developing the nation's capacity to prevent and control crime, administer justice and assist crime victims.


c/ Execution methods

- Execution Methods Used By States
A report from the Florida Corrections Commission (published in 1997)


d/ Pictures of the death row

- California Death Row Photos
A collection of pictures (San Quentin State Prison, Central California Women's Facility) from the California Departement of Corrections website.

- Texas Death Row: Images
Ken Light is a photographer. He spent three weeks recording life among almost 400 condemned prisoners in Texas.