Spring 2004
The Future of Capital Punishment: Current Policies and New Debates

Learning Links & Readings

Economics

“Capital Punishment on the 25^th Anniversary of Furman v. Georgia: A Report by the Southern Center for Human Rights” by Stephen B. Bright. Southern Center for Human Rights, June 26, 1997.
Includes a section on poverty and the death penalty.

“The Death Penalty: Casualties and Costs of the War on Crime” by Stephen B. Bright. Southern Center for Human Rights, November 7, 1997 (Delivered at The City Club of Cleveland).

“The Economics of Capital Punishment” by Kathryn M. Buehler.
Persuasive paper by Oriskany Central High School (NY) student (class of 1997) arguing that the death penalty is not cost-effective.

“Millions Misspent: What Politicians Don’t Say about the High Costs of the Death Penalty” by Richard C. Dieter. Death Penalty Information Center, October 1992-Revised, Fall 1994.

“Neither Equal nor Just: The Rationing and Denial of Legal Services to the Poor when Life and Liberty are at Stake” by Stephen B. Bright. Annual Survey of American Law, Volume 1997 (1999).

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