Groups in Favor of Capital Punishment:Pro-Death Penalty:
• Purpose is to inform the public on murders’ scheduled execution and their committed crime • Publishes/links articles in favor of the death penalty • Gives statistics on the public opinion of the death penalty • Lists the number of prisoners on death row in each state, along with states that do not use the death penalty Wesley Lowe's Pro Death Penalty Page:
•Is a tribute to victims of murder • Gives statistics on murder • Gives the different view points of religion and capital punishment • Has a history on the death penalty in the US |
Groups Against Capital Punishment:Human Rights Watch:
• Mission is to protect humans rights around the world. • Lists news articles of the death penalty being abolished in different countries and states • Creates research reports on violations of international human rights norms World Coalition Against the Death Penalty
• Creates global campaigns that go against the death penalty • Provides “Activist Alerts” for people against the death penalty; Activist Alerts provide information on upcoming and current executions • Lists the executions done in each country from the previous year as well as the number of people under a sentence of death. |
Sources
- http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/news.htm
- http://www.wesleylowe.com/cp.html
- http://www.hrw.org/
- http://www.worldcoalition.org/