Kuklin, Susan. No Choirboy: Murder, Violence, and Teenagers on Death Row. Henry Holt and Co., 2008.

No Choirboy takes readers inside America’s prisons, and allows inmates sentenced to death as teenagers to speak for themselves. In their own voices—raw and uncensored—they talk about their lives in prison, and share their thoughts and feelings about how they ended up there. Susan Kuklin also gets inside the system, exploring capital punishment itself and the intricacies and inequities of criminal justice in the United States.

Manning, Jack. Serving on a Jury. Capstone Press, 2014.

Part of a series on the government, Serving on a Jury uses photos and informative text to give young readers an introduction to the judicial system and jury duty.

Watson, Stephanie. Thinking Critically: The Death Penalty. ReferencePoint Press Inc., 2017.

Part of a series on social issues, this book examines all aspects of the death penalty, raising questions about its impacts, implementation, and ethics.