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The New York Law Journal has published a series of articles exploring the origins of New York's death penalty law and its ramifications.


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The Last Gasp: The Rise And Fall Of The American Gas Chamber (U. Cal. Press 2010). "The Last Gasp takes us to the dark side of human history in the first full chronicle of the gas chamber in the United States. In page-turning detail, award-winning writer Scott Christianson tells a dreadful story that is full of surprising and provocative new findings." Publisher's Description. For more information, see From San Quentin to Auschwitz, Death Penalty Focus, June 8, 2010.

Smart on Crime: Reconsidering the Death Penalty in a Time of Economic Crisis (DPIC 2009). The report combines an analysis of the costs of the death penalty with a newly released national poll of police chiefs who put capital punishment at the bottom of their law enforcement priorities.

Capital Punishment 2004 (BJS 2005). This report describes the characteristics of persons under sentence of death on December 31, 2004, and of persons executed in 2004. Preliminary data on executions by States during 2005 are included.

Death Penalty in New York (NYS Assembly 2005). This report analyzes the results of five public hearings on the death penalty conducted by the Assembly to evaluate restoration of the death penalty. The report summarizes testimony presented at the hearings, the history of the death penalty in New York, and highlights a number of topic areas addressed at the hearings.

Empire State Injustice: Based Upon a Decade of New Information, A Preliminary Evaluation of How New York's Death Penalty System Fails to Meet Standards for Accuracy and Fairness (ABCNY 2005). This report reviews a large body of evidence highlighting flaws in New York's death penalty. It covers the following topics: informant testimony; witness testimony and scientific corroboration; videotaping interrogations; lineup procedures; independent review of scientific evidence; narrower list of death penalty eligibility factors; use of different juries for each stage of a bifurcated capital trial; heightened burden of proof; and discretion of judges to overturn death sentences they believe are unwarranted. The report was prepared by the Committee on Capital Punishment, Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

How the Death Penalty Weakens US International Interests (ACLU 2004). This report describes worldviews on the death penalty in the United States, and its impact on international relations. The report was prepared by the Capital Punishment Project of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Forgotten Population: A Look at Death Row in the United States Through the Experiences of Women (ACLU 2004). This report describes experiences, conditions, and problems of women on death row in the United States. It also addresses issues such as ineffective assistance of counsel, prosecutorial and law enforcement misconduct, sentencing disparities, and solitary confinement. The report was prepared by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Capital Punishment 2003 (BJS 2004). This report describes the characteristics of persons on death rows nationwide and those executed in 2003. Preliminary data on executions in 2004 include state, method used and race of inmate. This report was prepared by the US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Washington's Death Penalty System: A Review of the Costs, Length, and Results of Capital Cases in Washington State (2004). This report analyzes the legal and resource implications of Washington's current capital punishment process. The report was prepared by the Washington Death Penalty Assistance Center.

Innocence and the Crisis in the American Death Penalty (DPIC 2004). This report focuses on wrongful convictions in death penalty cases. It examines the impact that the increasing numbers of innocent defendants on death row is having the on the debate over capital punishment. The report was prepared by the Death Penalty Information Center.

 

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