Mumia Abu-Jamal, Live from Death Row. New York: Avon, 1996. Life on death row from an inmate's perspective.

JoAnn Bren Guernsey, Should We Have Capital Punishment" Minneapolis: Lerner, 1993. Readable volume with excellent illustrations.

Raymond Paternoster, Capital Punishment in America. New York: Free Press, 1991. Excellent overview of issues involving the death penalty.

Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking. New York: Vintage Books, 1993. A look at the death penalty from the abolitionist viewpoint.

Gail B. Stewart, ed., The Death Penalty. San Diego:
Greenhaven Press, 1998. Concise, readable summary of selections from a wide range of writings on the death penalty.

Paul A. Winters, ed., The Death Penalty: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1997. Excellent compilation of selections from a wide range of writings on the death penalty.