Deadline #9 HW #2

Deadline #9 HW #2
I turn in my final WP#2 to turnitin.com the following is my final.




Annotated Bibliography



I decided to write about execution in America. My research question is: "Why Americans shouldn't question Execution". I plan to briefly give a history of executions in America. Execution has been a hot topic since the colonel time, when they first execution was recorded. However majority of American do not hear about execution until after the fact, in a brief statement from the local news station.
The different types of methods of execution, and each states designates which methods to use. Discusses a current debate concerning the death penalty in the United States "lethal injection". Currently there are 3357 prisoners on death row, 3298 are male prisoners, ans 59 females. Although there are not a lot of inmates/prisoners that have been exonerated from death row, their have been ex-prisoners exonerated. Type of crime, criminals committed to be sentenced to death. Last be not least I will give my personal opinion of the subject "execution".






Amnesty International Since 1961.Executive Committee: Lilian Gonçalves - Ho Kang You, Pietro Antonioli , Soledad García Muñoz , Levent Korkut , Peter Pack , Christine Pamp , Vanushi Rajanayagam, Deborah Smith ,David Stamps
This web site is against executions, and promotes all types of Human rights world wide. This site also has the latest new/cases concerning execution all around the world. I will use this source for the views for the other side of execution. You can find facts, and statistics, about death penalty. You can post, or read views about the death penalty. The Amnesty International started in1961. An article I found interesting was "Three Death Row Survivors call for global moratorium on execution". Which tells of three men who were once on death row. Due to lack of evidence, or other reasons were exonerated. Now those men are telling their story, to stop executions period.



Capital punishment, "Cause for a pause". Sep 27th 2007. From The Economist print edition "The Supreme Court agrees to examine executions by lethal injection". This article talks about the current issue with the death penalty "Lethal Injections". Lethal injections were introduced in 1978 as a way to execute an individual more humane. Before lethal injections other forms of capital punishment were conducted though—hanging, firing squad, electrocution and the gas chamber. This article states that even lethal injections are inhumane.





J.J, Malony "crime magazine" up dated 06.20/07 Copyright 1998-2007. Pat O'Connor, Editor http://crimemagazine.com/index.html This web site has all sorts of information, from current true crimes stories, to arguments about executions. There's also stories of old case, history of how people were hung for their crime. This is a picture of Allen Lee Davis after being executed in July 1999. Execution by the electric chair in Florida is a major controversy.This article along with this picture fights against executions. Copyright © 1995 to 2007 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. Originally published: 1995-JUN-8. Last updated 2007-JAN-06. Author: Bruce A Robinso








Dieter Richard. Death Penalty Information Center. Executive Director since 1992. The Death Penalty Information Center was found in1990. It's home base is located in Washington D.C. Executive Director Dieter, Richard who's a graduate from Georgetown Law.This my #1 resource for statics of United States Execution information. When I found this web site I fell in love, not really. However I got a lot of information from this web site. This web site has it all, facts about the death penalty. The history of the execution in the United State. Issues concerning the death penalty. Reports of current events/case concerning the death penalty. This site also stats statistics for state by state crimes punishable by execution.




Apr 27th 2007, From The Economist print edition. "More and more countries have doubts about the death penalty".
This site deals with current issue concerning lethal injection.The passage below is a copy from the link above it states what the link is about. "In Florida last December, Angel Diaz was executed by lethal injection. The three-drug cocktail that is used by 37 American states is supposed first to induce unconsciousness, then to paralyse muscles and block breathing, and finally to stop the heart. But after the first injection, Diaz continued to move, squint and grimace as he tried to mouth words. A second dose was administered; only after 34 minutes was he declared dead. A post mortem showed the first needle had plunged through the intended vein, injecting the deadly chemicals into soft tissue instead. Two days later Governor Jeb Bush suspended executions in the state and set up a commission with a mandate to consider the humanity and constitutionality of lethal injections".



Scott,Langley, dir. video/film shot November 2005
This web sites has a video narrated by: Warden Mervin Polk. Warden M.Polk gives a tour of the final day on death row. The preparation of an execution. I found this web site very interesting. This site gives someone who has never seen inside a prison. It also gives you a chance to see what a person on death row, last hours are spent. The thing I like mosts about this web site is, what Warden Mervin Polk comment, when asked by Langley, "Whee do you rank, part of the death penalty in the terms of the difficulties in your job, Hard?".Warden Mervin Polk said, "Its hard. The only personal thing I can say about ..say about is.. of it is of course you that... situations of that... nobody looks forward to have to deal with those types of situations its a matter of law, that we have to deal with. From a personal stand point, it's tuff to see people in that type of situation, where by law we have to do it." Director Scott, Langley has fought against execution since 1999. Langley works along with Amnesty International since 2004.



(The library of Congress online catalog)

Found the following books to look up for my paper:



Author: Trombley Stephen

Title: The execution protocol: Inside Americans capital punishment industry

LC Control# 93004698

ISBN 038547110





Author: Frederick Drimmer

Title: Until you are dead

LC Control# 90047110

ISBN: 0806511842






This web site is about executions, news, facts, arguments about execution. People can post why the believe, OR not believe in executions. I like this site because you get to hear what peoples take on the whole issue. Also you get ideas as to what you can add to your paper, such as questions and concerns my audience may have.