Dieter, Richard.  “Death Penalty Information Center”.  <http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/factsheet.pdf>.  Last update: August 2, 2006.  Date viewed: August 2, 2006.

The “Death Penalty Information Center” provided useful facts about the death penalty.  The website gave information on the states with and without the death penalty.  The site provided charts on the racial breakdown of defendants executed and studies observing the relationship between race and the death penalty. 

“Death Penalty Curricula for High School”.  <http://deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu>.  November 1, 2001 (Last updated July 23, 2006).  Date viewed:  August 2, 2006.

This website gave a more detailed description of each state’s participation in the death penalty.  Indiana does have the death penalty and Indiana’s first execution after the death penalty was reenacted was in 1990.  Today the method used for executions is lethal injection.

Costanzo, Mark.  Just Revenge: costs and consequences of the death penalty.  New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1997.

This book gave an overview on the typical discussions and arguments about the death penalty.  Costanzo writes on the history of violence that our country has and how that affects our view on the death penalty.  He also writes on the issues of racial discrimination, cost of life imprisonment, and the morality behind killing killers.

Bedau, Hugo Adam.  Killing as punishment : reflections on the death penalty in America.  Boston: Northeastern University Press, 2004.

This book shares conversations with murderers and the victim’s family.  A large part of the book discusses the death penalty and the eighth amendment. 

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Another major topic is the decision between life imprisonment and death.