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American Civil Liberties Union. (2020). Human rights and the death penalty.
https://www.aclu.org/issues/human-rights/human-rights-and-death-penalty
This is the American Civil Liberties Union stance on why the death penalty violates human rights and how the death penalty is not in keeping with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

Ault, A. (2019, July 31). The hidden victims of the death penalty: Correctional staff. Washington Post.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/31/hidden-victims-death-penalty-correctional-staff/
This is an interesting article that examines how correctional officers are impacted and often traumatized by the implementation of the death penalty.

Office of Justice Programs. (N.D.). Data collection: Capital punishment (NPS-8).Bureau of Justice Statistics.
https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=dcdetail&iid=253
This site provides links for the data on executions conducted since 1930 and on inmates under sentence of death since 1973.

National Conference of State Legislatures. (2020). States and capital punishment.
https://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/death-penalty.aspx
This site provides a map of the states that still have the death penalty; methods of execution that are used; and some of the key litigation regarding capital punishment that is pending.

Death Penalty Information Center. (2015). New voices: Warden says death penalty imposes immeasurable burden on correctional officers.
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/new-voices-warden-says-death-penalty-imposes-immeasurable-burden-on-correctional-officers
A former prison warden discusses the impact of the death penalty on correctional officers and why Delaware’s death penalty should be repealed.

Films Media Group. (2010). Death sentence: The story of capital punishment [Video]. Films on Demand. https://fod.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102577&xtid=43760.
Through interviews and case studies, this video looks at the history of capital punishment and the controversy which has surrounded it.

Gross, S. R. (2018). The Death Penalty, Public Opinion, and Politics in the United States. St. Louis University Law Journal, 62(4), 763–779.
This article discusses the history of the death penalty and the impact of politics and public opinion on capital punishment.

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