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Death penalty doubts
Source: Civil Liberties
Author: J.D. Tuccille
Country: United States

Criticisms of capital punishment has made little headway among Americans who consider death an appropriate penalty for heinous crimes. But new information suggests that it may not only be real criminals who are meeting their maker at the hands of the legal system. (6/14/00)

Death penalty caught in growing crossfire
Source: CNN
Country: United States

"The death penalty came under intense fire Sunday with the release of a major legal study, the publication of a newspaper investigation and a proposal that the American Medical Association endorse a national moratorium on executions." (6/11/00)

Additional cases of innocence and possible innocence of those condemned to die
Source: Death Penalty Information Center
Country: United States

Contains continuously updated information to supplement the 1997 study, "Innocence and the Death Penalty: The Increasing Danger of Executing the Innocent."

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