Capital Punishment - Revenge or Retribution?
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
h2g2 Name: KT
h2g2 id#: 162699
University Dept: Law
PROJECT
In this project I will discuss the death penalty in the United States,
comparing it on a statewide basis, federal and international and how the
United States compares with other first world contries in the implemation of
the statutes.I will begin with the history of the death penalty and take it
through the most recent US Supreme Court decisions
Referenced Fields
State Statutes: NY, Texas, Okalhoma, Florida, South Carolina, N. Carolina,
Virginia, Georgia
Federal Statutes
International Statutes
The Innocence Project (NYU Law School)
The Death Penalty Project (Cornell University Law School)
The Columbia University Law School Death Penalty Survey
Sister Helen Prejean "Dead Man Walking"
US Supreme Court Decisions
and possibly others
I plan to begin the project on May 1 and finish on June 15
