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A bibliography focusing on religion, the death penalty, and the Tsarnaev Trial compiled collectively by HI\/RN 295 Religious Controversies and the Law<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Capital punishment and religion assignment<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Books<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Bedau, Hugo Adam.\u00a0The Death Penalty in America: Current Controversies<\/em>. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.<\/p>\n

Blecker, Robert.\u00a0The Death of Punishment: Searching for Justice Among the Worst of the Worst<\/em>. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.<\/p>\n

Blesser,\u00a0John D.\u00a0Cruel And Unusual: The American Death Penalty and the Founder’s Eighth Amendment<\/em>. Hanover, NH: Northeastern University Press, 2012.<\/p>\n

Lester, David. The Death Penalty: Issues And Answers (Second Edition). <\/em>Springfield, IL: C.C. Thomas, 1998.<\/p>\n

Ogletree, Charles J., and Sarat, Austin, eds. 2012. Life Without Parole : America’s New Death Penalty?<\/em> New York, NY, USA: New York University Press. (available on ProQuest ebrary)<\/p>\n

Santoro, Anthony.\u00a0Exile and Embrace: Contemporary Religious Discourse on the Death Penalty<\/em>.\u00a0Hanover, NH: Northeastern University Press, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n

Journal Articles<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bias, Thomas K., Abraham Goldberg, and Tara Hannum. “Catholics and the Death Penalty: Religion as a Filter for Political Beliefs.”\u00a0Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion<\/em>\u00a07 (2011).\u00a0<\/i>(available on ProQuest)<\/p>\n

Berg, Thomas C. “Religious Conservatives and the Death Penalty.”\u00a0The William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal<\/em>\u00a09, no. 1 (2000): 31-60.<\/a><\/p>\n

Chavez, Lyssette H. and Monica K. Miller. \u201cReligious References In Death Sentence Phases Of Trials: Two Psychological Theories That Suggest Judicial Rulings And Assumptions May Affect Jurors.\u201d Lewis & Clark Law Review<\/em> 13 (2003): 1027-83. <\/a><\/p>\n

Chester, Britt. “Race, Religion, and Support for the Death Penalty: A Research Note.” Justice Quarterly<\/em> 15:175-91. (available on HeinOnline)<\/p>\n

Cooey, Paula M.\u00a0 “Women’s Religious Conversions on Death Row: Theorizing Religion and State.”\u00a0 Journal of the American Academy of Religion <\/em>70 (Dec. 2002): 699-717. (available on Jstor)<\/p>\n

Davison,\u00a0Douglas. “God and the Executioner: The Influence of Western Religion on the Use of the Death Penalty.”\u00a0William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal<\/em>\u00a09, no. 1 (2001): 137-70.<\/a><\/p>\n

Drinan, Robert F. “Religious Organizations and the Death Penalty.”\u00a0William & Mary Bill of\u00a0Rights Journal<\/em>\u00a09, no. 1 (2000): 171-78. (available on HeinOnline)<\/p>\n

Echols, Micah. \u201cIs the courtroom the right place for religion? Difficulties in restricting religious arguments during the sentencing phase of Pennsylvania death penalty cases: Commonwealth v. Spotz.\u201d University of West Los Angeles Law Review<\/em> 36 (2005):254-273. (available on Lexis-nexis)<\/p>\n

Eisenberg,\u00a0Theodore\u00a0, Stephen\u00a0P.\u00a0Garvey, and Martin\u00a0T.\u00a0Wells. \u201cForecasting Life and Death: Juror Race, Religion, and Attitude toward the Death Penalty,\u201d The Journal of Legal Studies<\/em>, Vol. 30, No. 2 (June 2001), pp. 277-311. (available on Jstor)<\/p>\n

Erskine, Hazel. “The Polls: Capital Punishment.”\u00a0The Public Opinion Quarterly<\/em> vol. 34, no. 2 (Summer 1970): 290-307. (available on Jstor)<\/p>\n

Garnett, Richard. “Christian Witness, Moral Anthropology, and the Death Penalty (Symposium on Religion in the Public Square).” Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy<\/em> 17(2) (2003): 541-59. (available on HeinOnline)<\/p>\n

Grasmick, Harold G., John K. Cochran, Robert J. Bursik Jr., and M’Lou Kimpel. “Religion, Punitive Justice, and Support for the Death Penalty.” Justice Quarterly<\/em> 10.2 (1993): 289-314.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Hiers, Richard H. “The death penalty and due process in biblical law.”\u00a0University of Detroit Mercy Law Review,<\/em>\u00a081<\/em>(5)\u00a0(2004): 751-843.<\/p>\n

Levine, Samuel. “Capital Punishments and Religious Arguments: An Intermediate Approach.”\u00a0William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal 9<\/em>, no. 1 (2000).<\/a><\/p>\n

Loewy, Arnold H. “Religious Neutrality and the Death Penalty (mitigating circumstances) (Symposium: Religion’s Role in the Administration of the Death Penalty).”\u00a0The William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal\u00a0<\/em>9, no. 1 (2000): 191-200. (available on HeinOnline)<\/p>\n

Megivern, James J. \u201cCapital Punishment: The Curious History of Its Privileged Place in Christendom.\u201d Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society<\/em> 147 (2003): 3-12. (available on Jstor)<\/p>\n

Mathias, Matthew D.\u00a0 “The Sacralization of the Individual: Human Rights and the Abolition of the Death Penalty.”\u00a0 American Journal of Sociology<\/em> 118 (March 2013): 1246-1283. (available on Jstor)<\/p>\n

Miller, Monica K. and Brian H.\u00a0Bornstein.\u00a0“The Use of\u00a0Religion\u00a0in\u00a0Death\u00a0Penalty\u00a0Sentencing Trials.”\u00a0Law and Human Behavior\u00a0<\/em>30, no. 6 (2006): 675-684.<\/a><\/p>\n

Miller, Monica K., and R. David Hayward. “Religious Characteristics and the Death Penalty.” Law and Human Behavior<\/em> 32, no. 2 (2007): 113-23. (available on Jstor)<\/p>\n

Schabas, William A. “Islam and the Death Penalty.” The William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal<\/em> 9, no. 1 (2000): 223-36.<\/p>\n

Simpson, Gary J and Stephen P. Garvey. “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door: Rethinking the Role of Religion in Death Penalty Cases.”\u00a0Cornell Law Review<\/em> vol. 86 (2000-2001): 1090-1130. (available on HeinOnline)<\/p>\n

Jeffery T. Ulmer, Christopher Bader and Martha Gault \u201cDo Moral Communities Play a Role in Criminal Sentencing? Evidence from Pennsylvania.\u201d The Sociological Quarterly<\/em>, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Fall, 2008): 737-768. (available on Jstor)<\/p>\n

Young, Robert L. \u201cReligious Orientation, Race and Support for the Death Penalty,\u201d <\/strong>Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion<\/em> Vol. 31, No. 1 (Mar., 1992): 76-87. (available on Jstor)<\/p>\n

Journalism<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Berns, Walter. “Religion and the Death Penalty: Can’t have one without the other?” The Weekly Standard. February 8, 2008.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Bishops say Tsarnaev should not receive death penalty.” Washington Times (AP). April 6, 2015.<\/a><\/p>\n

Basu, Moni. “‘Dead Man Walking’ Nun: ‘Botched’ Executions Unmask a Botched System.” CNN: Fighting Death: At 75, Nuns Soul Still Stirs For Cause. August 6, 2014.<\/a><\/p>\n

Berman, Mark. “Why the Death Penalty Is So Crucial to the Boston Marathon Bombing Trial.” Washington Post. January 6, 2015. <\/a><\/p>\n

Biale, Rachel. “Judaism Casts Doubt on Lethal Injection.” JWeekly<\/em>, January 18, 2008.<\/a><\/p>\n

Cullen, Kevin. “Tsarnaev Trial Not about Guilt, but about Punishment.” The Boston Globe. April 8, 2015.<\/a><\/p>\n

O’Neill, Ann. “The 13th Juror: Showdown in Watertown” CNN.com. March 21, 2015. <\/a><\/p>\n

Rodriguez, Samuel. “Botched Oklahoma Execution Should Prompt Moral Outcry Among\u00a0Evangelicals.”\u00a0Time Magazine<\/em>, May 5, 2014.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shetty, Salil. “Humans Do Not Deserve Executions (Opinion)” CNN.com. April 1, 2015.<\/a><\/p>\n

Santoro, Anthony. “If not Him, then Whom? Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and the Death Penalty. The Marginalia Review of Books. April 15, 2014.<\/a><\/p>\n

Santoro, Anthony. “The ‘Religious Freedom’ Issue that May Cost the Accused Boston Bomber his Life.” Religion Dispatches. January 15, 2015.<\/a><\/p>\n

Serrano,\u00a0Richard A. . “Defense’s goal in Boston Marathon bombing trial: Save Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s life.” Los Angeles Times. March 19, 2015.<\/a><\/p>\n

Shimron, Yonat. “N.C. Muslims Pleased with Death Penalty Option but Want Focus on Hate Crimes Probe.” Washington Post. March 4, 2015. <\/a><\/p>\n

Other Sources<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

“Capital Punishment and Christianity.” BBC.co.uk. August 3, 2009. <\/a><\/p>\n

“Capital Punishment and Islam.” BBC.co.uk. September 16, 2009.<\/a><\/p>\n

“Capital Punishment and Judaism.” BBC.co.uk. July 21, 2009. <\/a><\/p>\n

Carroll, Joseph. “Who Supports the Death Penalty?” Gallup, Inc., 16 Nov. 2004.<\/a><\/p>\n

“The Death Penalty in Jewish Teachings.” Bend the Arc a Jewish Partnership for Justice. October 4, 2012. <\/a><\/p>\n

Weinstein, Jack B. “Death Penalty: The Torah and Today.” deathpenaltyinfo.org. August 23, 2000. <\/a><\/p>\n

Religious Perspectives<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Christian Citizenship – The Lutheran Church\u2014Missouri Synod<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mohler Jr., R. Albert. “Why Christians Should Support the Death Penalty.” CNN Belief Blog RSS. May 1, 2014.<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/em>Olasky, Marvin.\u00a0 “Five Religious Views of Capital Punishment.”\u00a0 World Magazine<\/em>, October 15, 2013.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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