Title: "Does Death Penalty Save Lives? A New Debate"
Date: 18 Nov 2007
Country: US - yes and no - deterrent effect
In this article, most people shown that personally they do not agree with death penalty, however the social studies proved that capital punishment did decrease the rate of crime and have deterrent effent.
Website: The New York Times
Title: "Death Penalty Is Sought in Shooting at Colorado Theater"
Date: 1 Apr 2013
Country: US-agree
“For James Eagan Holmes, justice is death,” This recent news article stated that as a cold-blooded killer , death penalty is doing the job which is bring justice back to the society.
Website: The Huffington Post
Title: "Capital Punishment, If You Hang Someone, They Suffer No More"
Date: 04 Apr 2013
Country: UK-against
This article argued that after the government took someone's life who committed a heinous crime, the only people who keep suffering would be those effected by the original crime in the first place. Death cannot bring back the life.
Website: Wikipedia
Title: "List of serial killers by country"
This is the only wikipedia link I've used in my blog. It is anonymous but give me a brief view of all the killing cases happened worldwide. A good reference resouce.
Website: The Straits Times
Date: 8 Jan 2013
Country: SG-agree
A point from a Singapore lawyer, who served in the Roman Catholic Prison Ministry as a volunteer for more than 5 years. He insisted that when the fear of caning is no longer an effective deterrent, death sentence is needed to ensure that our society remains safe.
Website: The Straits Times
Date: 12 Jan 2013
Country: SG-agree
Another point of view from social economical perspective. Abolishing the death penalty will show mercy to a segment of convicted people, but do injustice to society. A lighter sentence, such as life imprisonment, for heinous crimes could put undue strain on our state and public resources in the long term.
Website: Child Abuse Blog
Title: "Child abuse effects"
Date: 2013
Country: NZ
A voilence and abuse prevention educator indicator how does sexual abuse effects on children adn youth in emotional, physical and behavioural ways.
Website: History
Date: 2013
Country: US
Website: The Guardian
Date: 31 Oct 2007
Country: UK
These two articles give me very detailed information about the damange and death, which caused by terrorist in 911 case and Madrid bombing case.
Website: The New Zealand Herald
Title: "Seven beheaded in Saudi Arabia"
Date: 14 Mar 2013
Country: NZ-against
The oil-rich kingdom follows a strict implementation of Islamic law, or Shariah, under which people convicted of murder, rape or armed robbery can be executed, usually by sword.
Saudi Arabia has executed 23 people so far this year, including the seven men on Wednesday. Last year it executed 76 people and in 2011, 79.
Also, several people were reported crucified in Saudi Arabia last year. Human rights groups have condemned crucifixions, including cases in which people were beheaded and then crucified. In 2009, Amnesty International condemned such executions as "the ultimate form of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment."
