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Capital Punishment: Government Publications

Compilation of U.S. Government Publications

Government Publications

The government publishes most, if not all, of their modern documents in an online format. For such documents, we link to online government databases that can be searched for relevant material. Older documents, however, can best be found by searching print collections of your local library. Here is a list of both print and online materials that we have available in our collection:

Capital punishment

Publisher: Bureau of Justice Statistics

Published: Varies

Call number: GOVPUBS. J29.11/3:

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Cases and materials on the death penalty

Author: Nina Rivkind & Steven Shatz

Published: 2005

ISBN: 0314154019

Call number: LEGLREF. KF9227.C2 R58 2005

Report of the Governor’s Commission on Capital Punishment : [Final]

Publisher: Illinois Governor’s Commission on Capital Punishment

Published: 2002

Call number: ILLINOIS. 364.66 I29cp Final 2002

Government Publications (cont.)

Justice delayed? [electronic resource] : time consumption in capital appeals : a multistate study

Author: Barry Latzer & James Cauthen

Published: 2007

Call number: GOVWEB. J 1.2:J 98/29

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Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics [electronic resource]

Publisher: Bureau of Justice Statistics

Published: 2003-present

Call number: GOVWEB. J 29.9/6:

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Death Penalty Reform Act of 2006 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

Publisher: United States Congress

Published: 2006

ISBN: 0160764289

Call number: GOVPUBS. Y 4.J 89/1: 109-93

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