Death penalty

The death penalty, or capital punishment, is where a person is killed by the state as a punishment for a crime.

In US law

• Legal Information Institute
• The Death Penalty - Exploring Constitutional Conflicts, University of Missouri-Kansas City
• Death penalty statistics from the US: which state executes the most people?, The Guardian

Religious perspectives

• Theology Library page, Spring Hill College - primarily lists articles and resources related to the Catholic view of the death penalty, but also contains other faith groups, both Christian and non-Christian
• BBC Ethics: Capital punishment contains a section detailing the death penalty and views from Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism.
• religioustolerance.org
• Religion and capital punishment at Wikipedia

Public opinion polls

• Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life: Death Penalty

At Wikimedia sister projects

• Capital punishment on Wikipedia
• Wikinews
• Death penalty on Wiktionary