Death Penalty Information Resources

There are several great resources from which to collect information pertaining to capital punishment and it's history in the United States and Alaska. A quick way to stay up to date is to View the AADP Newsletters. You can also Subscribe to the AADP Newsletter to have each newsletter sent to your email address automatically.

Below is a list of several sites that are also great resources for great up-to-date information regarding capital punishment.

National Criminal Justice Month

David Kaczynski, brother of the so-called "Unabomber," spoke to students at National Criminal Justice Month kickoff event March 1...Read the full article.

America Magazine Article of Interest

"The news has broken today that the sole US manufacturer of a key drug used in lethal injections will cease production because authorities in Italy, where the drug was to be made, wanted a guarantee that it wouldn't be used to put inmates to death"...Read the full article.

Death Penalty Information Center

Providing information about the application of the death penalty in the United States. This site has eye opening information regarding the death penalty in the U.S. Complete with a searchable Execution Database.

National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

The National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP) was founded in 1976 in response to the Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia which permitted executions to resume in the United States. Our mission: abolish the death penalty in the U.S. and support efforts to abolish the death penalty world wide.