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  1. Alternatives to the Death Penalty
    The Problem with Life Imprisonment
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2007
  2. The Capital Punishment Debate 
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1984
    The death penalty make us all complicit in killing, and degrades us as a society.
  3. Capital Punishment: The most Deplorable form of Deliberate Murder
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    A society that legally permits the killing of human beings can never prevent its repetition by the general public. The abolition of capital punishment and declaring the value of human life is the first step in the struggle against a culture of murder in society.
  4. Decline of the English Murder
    And Other Essays
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1950   Published: 1981
    A collection of essays by George Orwell.
  5. A Duty of Honour
    Against Capital Punishment
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1918
  6. The Everyday Activist
    365 Ways to Change the World
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 2006
    A positive, practical guide to healing the world - one day at a time. Packed with ideas and facts from leading campaign organizations, this handbook shows how the smallest actions can make a difference to your community and in the wider world.
  7. Execution Day in Zhengzhou
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1991
    A first-hand account of an execution day in China.
  8. Hanging in Canada
    A Concise History of a Controversial Topic
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1973   Published: 1982
  9. Kara Smierci
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1984
    Celowe, prawnie sankcjonowane odbieranie z.ycia ludzkiego, jest silnym emocjonalnym totemem, czynem, przez który symbolicznie uczestniczymy w zakazanym akcie zabijania. Nic dziwnego wie;c, z.e debata na temat kary s'mierci budzi tyle emocji, jest tak kategoryczna, uboga w analize; na temat tego, czy kara s'mierci w?as'ciwie ma jakis' sens.
  10. News and Letters
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Articles from a Marxist-Humanist perspective.
  11. Requiem for a Fourteen-Year-Old
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 1959
    Pierre Berton's poem, Requiem for a fourteen-year-old, appeared in the Toronto Star on Oct. 5, 1959; six days after 14-year-old Steven Truscott was sentenced to hang.
  12. Seven News
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    First Published: 1970
    Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in Toronto's Ward 7 from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no longer publishing, but some articles and other background are available on this Web site.
  13. The Steven Truscott Case: I am a Canadian . . . hero?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    First Published: 2000
  14. Uncivil Obedience
    The Tactics and Tales of a Democratic Agitator
    Resource Type: Book
    First Published: 1991
    How to push for social change without breaking the law.

Experts on Capital Punishment in the Sources Directory

  1. Connexions Library/Archive
  2. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
  3. Simon Fraser University
  4. United Nations Human Rights Council


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