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Criminal Justice: Capital Punishment / Death Penalty
An extensive 2010 report on death penalty debates in the U.S. as a public policy issue, including an overview and background, a pro/con debate, a chronology of key events, related maps and graphs, and a bibliography.
Death Penalty (Current Controversies) by 
The Death Penalty (Opposing Viewpoints) by 
The Ethics of Capital Punishment (At Issue) by 
The Death Penalty: For and Against (Point/counterpoint) by 