“Genesee Peacemakers,” by Sarah van Gelder, Yes! Magazine, Fall 2000.

http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/is-it-time-to-close-the-prisons/genesee-peacemakers

Involving victims in the criminal justice system can lead to healing, community empowerment, and fewer repeated offenses.

“Criminal Justice: Capital Punishment Focus,” Criminal Justice Degree Schools.

http://www.criminaljusticedegreeschools.com/resources/criminal-justice-capital-punishment-focus.html

A good overview describing the death penalty with many links to good articles covering the actual procedures in a death penalty case, statistics of cost and frequency, arguments for those favoring and opposed, and famous cases.