1. Alternatives to the Death Penalty
   The Problem with Life Imprisonment
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 2007
   
2. Amnesty International, Canadian Section
   Media Profile in Sources
   Resource Type: Organization
   
3. The Capital Punishment Debate
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1984
   The death penalty make us all complicit in killing, and degrades us as a society.
4. Crime and Criminals
   Address to the Prisoners in the Chicago Jail
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1902
   So long as big criminals can get the coal fields, so long as the big criminals have control of the city council and get the public streets for street cars and gas rights, this is bound to send thousands of poor people to jail. So long as men are allowed to monopolize all the earth, and compel others to live on such terms as these men see fit to make, then you are bound to get into jail.
5. Decline of the English Murder
   And Other Essays
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1981
   A collection of essays by George Orwell.
6. A Duty of Honour
   Against Capital Punishment
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1918
   The existing penal system, which is permeated through and through with the brutal class spirit and barbarism of capitalism, must be extirpated root and branch.
7. The Everyday Activist
   365 Ways to Change the World
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 2006
   A positive, practical guide to healing the world - one day at a time. Packed with ideas and facts from leading campaign organizations, this handbook shows how the smallest actions can make a difference to your community and in the wider world.
8. Execution Day in Zhengzhou
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1991
   A first-hand account of an execution day in China.
9. Hanging in Canada
   A Concise History of a Controversial Topic
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1982
   
10. Kara Smierci
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1984
    Celowe, prawnie sankcjonowane odbieranie z.ycia ludzkiego, jest silnym emocjonalnym totemem, czynem, przez który symbolicznie uczestniczymy w zakazanym akcie zabijania. Nic dziwnego wie;c, z.e debata na temat kary s'mierci budzi tyle emocji, jest tak kategoryczna, uboga w analize; na temat tego, czy kara s'mierci w?as'ciwie ma jakis' sens.
11. Keeping the Rabble in Line
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1994
    Interviews with Noam Chomsky covering issues such as free trade, health care, global warming, the nature of corporations, human rights, and democracy.
12. Oh! How--German is this Revolution!
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1918
    The existing penal system, breathing the spirit of brutal class-spirit and capitalist barbarism must be torn up by the roots. A fundamental system of prison-reform must be inaugurated immediately.
    
13. Once a Jolly Hangman
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 2010
    When this book was first published in Asia in July 2010, UK journalist Alan Shadrake was arrested and tried, then sentenced to jail—for daring to put the Singapore justice system in the dock. This revised and updated edition covers Shadrake’s arrest, and his ongoing campaign against the death penalty.
14. Seven News
    Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical)
    Seven News (7 News) was a community newspaper published in Toronto's Ward 7 from 1970 to 1985. Seven News is no longer publishing, but some articles and other background are available on this Web site.
15. Simon Fraser University
    Media Profile in Sources
    Resource Type: Organization
    
16. The State of the World Atlas
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1981
    
17. Uncivil Obedience
    The Tactics and Tales of a Democratic Agitator
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1991
    How to push for social change without breaking the law.

Experts on Capital Punishment in the Sources Directory

1. Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
2. Simon Fraser University
3. United Nations Human Rights Council