Death Penalty, Annotated Bibliography Example

Banner, S. (2002). The death penalty: An American history. It contains a complete account of the death penalty in the U.S.

Bessler, J. D. (2012). Cruel & unusual: The American death penalty and the founders’ Eighth Amendment. Boston: Northeastern University Press. The book examines intensively on America’s Eighth Amendment, and professor Blesser expounds on this myth.

Breyer, S. G., & Bessler, J. D. (2016). Against the death penalty. It contains Breyer’s disagreement with the case e of Glossip v. Gross, which is of a failed trial to the use of a lethal drug by Oklahoma because it might cause intense pain.

Hood, R. G., & Hoyle, C. (2008). The death penalty: A worldwide perspective. New York: Oxford University Press. It provides up to date information on the range and practice of capital sentences and the movement, supported by human treaties and international organizations, to put an end to the death penalty across the world. The book also looks into the influence and role of victim’s families and the movement with the victim’s interest.

Kudlac, C. S. (2007). Public executions: The death penalty and the media. Westport, Conn: Praeger. This book covers cases that received the most intense attention in the press from the 1970s through the current time and why.

Lane, C. (2010). Stay of execution: Saving the death penalty from itself. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Charles Lane offers a new analysis of the noticeable decline if the number of deaths in the U.S. He claims that capital punishment should be conserved while giving suggestions on significant reforms to curb its real discriminations and discrepancies.

Nagin, D., Pepper, J., National Research Council (U.S.)., National Research Council (U.S.)., & National Research Council (U.S.). (2012). Deterrence and the death penalty. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press. This report from the National Research Council analyses if the available evidence provides scientific grounds of if death penalties affect the rate of homicides.

Oshinsky, D. M. (2010). Capital punishment on trial: Furman v. Georgia and the death penalty in modern America. In this book, a renowned historian David Oshinsky looks into the controversial and much-debated positions by the Supreme Court on capital punishment- in the case of Furman v. Georgia, a “black on white” crime.

Yorke, J. (2008). Against the Death Penalty: International Initiatives and Implications. Florence: Taylor and Francis. The edited volume assembles leading experts on the matter of death penalty within municipal, regional, and international law, to counteract with the contemporary developments of restriction and promotion of punishment worldwide.

References

Banner, S. (2002). The death penalty: An American history.

Bessler, J. D. (2012). Cruel & unusual: The American death penalty and the founders’ Eighth Amendment. Boston: Northeastern University Press.

Breyer, S. G., & Bessler, J. D. (2016). Against the death penalty.

Hood, R. G., & Hoyle, C. (2008). The death penalty: A worldwide perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.

Kudlac, C. S. (2007). Public executions: The death penalty and the media. Westport, Conn: Praeger.

Lane, C. (2010). Stay of execution: Saving the death penalty from itself. Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Nagin, D., Pepper, J., National Research Council (U.S.)., National Research Council (U.S.)., & National Research Council (U.S.). (2012). Deterrence and the death penalty. Washington, D.C: National Academies Press.

Oshinsky, D. M. (2010). Capital punishment on trial: Furman v. Georgia and the death penalty in modern America.

Yorke, J. (2008). Against the Death Penalty: International Initiatives and Implications. Florence: Taylor and Francis.