Online ResourcesAmerican Civil Liberties Union
http://www.aclu.org/capital/innocence/10392pub20020626.html Amnesty International – USAhttp://www.amnestyusa.org/faithinaction/ Sponsors a national weekend (Oct. 20-22) of Faith in Action on the Death Penalty Creighton Universityhttp://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/death-penalty On being “Pro-Life” in all respects Death Penalty Information Centerhttp://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/ Comprehensive national website, includes spectrum of issues, facts, and resources Mandatory Justice http://www.constitutionproject.org/deathpenalty/article.cfm?messageID=136&categoryId=2 A report, by both supporters and opponents, on improving the capital punishment process. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel “Referendum would Measure Citizen Opinion.”http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=408958An argument for the death penalty by Sen. Alan Lassee.“Even after her father's murder, she opposes the death penalty”http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=423447 A Christian perspective on retribution by a woman whose father was murdered The Moratorium Campaign
Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life http://pewforum.org/events/index.php?EventID=28 A speech by former Illinois Gov. George Ryan on what led him to place a moratorium on executions and later commute the sentences of 167 death row prisoners ProDeathpenalty.comwww.prodeathpenalty.com A website with arguments and information supporting the death penalty. Religious Organizing Against the Death Penalty http://www.deathpenaltyreligious.org/ Collection of materials from religious perspective Wisconsin Coalition Against the Death Penaltyhttp://www.wcadp.org/ Includes history of the death penalty in Wisconsin and letters to newspapers Witness to Innocencehttp://www.witnesstoinnocence.org/ Stories from wrongfully convicted former death row prisoners who have been exonerated. WCC Home Page Return to WCC Resources |
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