Methods of Execution in the USA : Kuno Sandholzer, a member of the Austrian section of Amnesty International , provides information on the five methods of execution used by U.S. states with a death penalty.
Methods of Execution : Information from an ABC News special report on the death penalty that aired in March 1998.
Methods of Execution by State : Based on the Bureau of Justice Statistics bulletin "Capital Punishment 1996," Table 2; from the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC).
1997 Supplemental Report on Execution Methods Used by States : Florida Corrections Commission , June 1997. An extensive survey of execution methods used by death penalty states, describing execution procedures, composition of execution teams, problems encountered during executions, and documented costs of execution equipment. The report takes particular interest in the movement to lethal injection from other methods of execution.
The Florida Corrections Commission recommends phasing out the use of the electric chair in Florida in favor of lethal injection.
A Monitor: Methods of Execution & Execution Protocols : Committee on Criminal Justice, Florida Senate, September 1997. The problematic execution of Pedro Medina in Florida's electric chair on 25 March 1997 has led to a challenge in the Florida Supreme Court of the constitutionality of the electric chair as a method of execution. This report reviews methods of execution used in the U.S. and discusses factors considered relevant to the selection of execution methods, including the issue of cruel and unusual punishment, public reactions, and monetary costs.
Torture and death penalty instruments: From the Middle Ages to the Industrial Era : Online version of an exhibition held from 1983 to 1986 in various European cities. Through Mexico's Conseja Nacional para Cultura y las Artes.
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