De l’enfermement à l’élimination. Quelques expériences de la prison toulousaine et leurs conséquences pénales (fin xviie-xviiie siècles) by Laura Garet

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"He will die in another way before he is dead". The violence of the prison system in "The Double Dying of an Ordinary Criminal" by Breyten Breytenbach by Rosa Calì

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The Devil at Cîteaux: The Trial for Witchcraft of Regnault Robergeot (1480-1481) by Maxime Gelly-Perbellini

“…The edited document, preserved at the Departmental Archives of Côte-d'Or in France (11 H 450), includes the transcript of Robergeot’s interrogation and ultimately, his death sentence by burning at the stake. This case, preceded by a lost Dominican Inquisition investigation, offers a rare example of Cistercian involvement in prosecuting satanic witchcraft in the late Middle Ages. …”
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Le diable à Cîteaux : le procès pour sorcellerie de Regnault Robergeot (1480-1481) by Maxime Gelly-Perbellini

“…The edited document, preserved at the Departmental Archives of Côte-d’Or in France (11 H 450), includes the transcript of Robergeot’s interrogation and ultimately, his death sentence by burning at the stake. This case, immediately preceded by a now-lost Dominican Inquisition procedure investigating the same matter, is a rare example of the Cistercians’ involvement in prosecuting satanic witchcraft in the late Middle Ages. …”
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Anton Nilsson et l’écho d’une bombe. Malmö, 1908-1917 by Lars Berggren, Roger Johansson

“…Anton Nilsson was sentenced to death in a subsequent trial, but after extensive protests, also abroad, the death sentence was converted to life imprisonment. Following the “potato revolution” and as the first Social Democratic / Liberal government was elected, he was granted an amnesty in 1917 and released from captivity. …”
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THE INNER CONFLICT: CONSCIENCE OR STATE'S RULE by RB. Edi Pramono

“…Antigone, the main character, is encountering a dilemma of whether to keep on the conscience of burying her brother or to obey her king’s edict forbidding her to bury him otherwise death sentence she has to bear. This inner conflict represents the power relation between Antigone and the king. …”
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Capital Punishment without Capital Trials in Japan’s Lay Judge System by David T. Johnson

“…By the end of 2010, lay judge panels had made five capital decisions, resulting in one life sentence, three death sentences, and one acquittal.This article examines a series of recent death penalty judgments under Japan's new lay judge system.…”
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Le rôle des monastères dans le droit pénal et religieux : la pratique de la pénitence dans la Russie du xviiie siècle by Elena Marasinova

“…The conclusions of this study are based on the imperial confirmations of death sentences, pronounced by the Senate, on the archives of local chancelleries, as well as on the reports of monastery superiors. …”
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Encoding Crime and Punishment in TEI: The Digital Processing of Early Modern Broadsheets from Vienna by Claudia Resch, Daniel Schopper, Tanja Wissik, Daniela Fasching

“…The broadsheets, entitled “Death Sentences,” belong to a little-explored genre of print media distributed to advertise public executions and have not been subject to closer scholarly examination before now. …”
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