thumb|A Crucificação de Jesus Cristo, tela de Diego Velásquez (1632).
A pena de morte é um tema recorrente na mídia geral, sendo explorada em filmes, livros, programas de televisão, canções, peças de teatro, pinturas, fotografias, entre outros. A visão quanto a sua utilização varia do favorável ao desfavorável, passando pelo neutro. Atualmente, no entanto, é mais comum observar o uso da visão negativa, uma vez que verifica-se uma crescente tendência mundial de abolição da prática.
Canções Green Green Grass of Home (1964), de Curly Putman 25 Minutes to Go (1968), de Shel Silverstein I've Gotta Get a Message to You (1968), de Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb e Maurice Gibb Gallows Pole (1970), de Jimmy Page e Robert Plant Hallowed By The Name (1982), de Steve Harris Ride the Lightning (1984), de Metallica Mercy Seat, The (1988), de Nick Cave e Mick Harvey Dead Man Walking (1995), de Bruce Springsteen Women's Prison (2004), de Loretta Lynn The Man I Killed (2006), de Fat Mike Bloodshot (2019), de Dove Cameron
Cinema
Manhattan Melodrama (1934), de W. S. Van Dyke Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), de Michael Curtiz The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), de William A. Wellman Monsieur Verdoux (1947), de Charlie Chaplin A Place in the Sun (1951),de George Stevens Sorcières de Salem, Les (1957), de Raymond Rouleau Twelve Angry Men (1957), de Sidney Lumet I Want to Live! (1958), de Robert Wise Compulsion (1959), de Richard Fleischer Hang'em High (1968), de Ted Post Koshikei (1968), de Nagisa Oshima Dance with a Stranger (1985), de Mike Newell Dadah is Death (1988), de Jerry London Krótki film o zabijaniu (1988), de Krzysztof Kieślowski Let Him Have It (1991), de Peter Medak Fugitive, The (1993), de Andrew Davis Sommersby (1993), de Jon Amiel Dead Man Walking (1995), de Tim Robbins Just Cause (1995), de Arne Glimcher Crucible, The (1996), de Nicholas Hytner Chamber, The (1996), de James Foley Last Dance (1996), de Bruce Beresford Time to Kill, A (1996), de Joel Schumacher True Crime (1999), de Clint Eastwood Green Mile, The (1999), de Frank Darabont Dancer in the Dark (2000), de Lars von Trier Monster's Ball (2001), de Marc Forster The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), de Joel e Ethan Coen Chicago (2002), de Rob Marshall Life of David Gale, The (2003), de Alan Parker Monster (2003), de Patty Jenkins Dame sobh (2005), de Hamid Rahmanian Sophie Scholl – Die letzten Tage (2005), de Marc Rothemund
Livros Dernier Jour d'un Condamné, Le (1829), de Victor Hugo Tale of Two Cities, A (1859), de Charles Dickens Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, An (1890), de Ambrose Bierce (conto) Hanging, A (1931), de George Orwell Execution of Private Slovik, The, (1954), de William Bradford Huie (ISBN 1-594-16003-1) Naked Lunch (1959), de William S. Burroughs (ISBN 0-8021-3295-2) Surveiller et punir: Naissance de la Prison (1975), de Michel Foucault (ISBN 0-394-49942-5) Executioner's Song, The (1980), de Norman Mailer (ISBN 0-613-10087-5) Just Cause (1992), de John Katzenbach (ISBN 0-399-13626-6) Dead Man Walking (1993), de Helen Prejean (ISBN 0-679-75131-9) Lesson Before Dying, A (1993), de Ernest J. Gaines (ISBN 978-0375702709) Chamber, The (1994), de John Grisham (ISBN 0-385-42472-8) Green Mile, The (1996), de Stephen King (ISBN 0-7432-1089-1) Gallows Thief (2001), de Bernard Cornwell (ISBN 978-0007127153) Innocent Man, The (2006), de John Grisham (ISBN 0-385-51723-8)
Peças de teatro Crucible, The (1953), de Arthur Miller Twelve Angry Men (1964), de Reginald Rose Chicago (1975), de Fred Ebb e Bob Fosse Dead Man Walking (2002), de Tim Robbins Exonerated, The (2002), de Jessica Blank e Erik Jensen
Televisão Fugitive, The (1963–1967, ABC), de Roy Huggins The Execution of Private Slovik (1974, NBC), de Lamont Johnson Hot Pursuit (1984, NBC), de Kenneth Johnson Oz (1997–2003, HBO), de Tom Fontana A Lesson Before Dying (1999, HBO), de Joseph Sargent Fugitive, The (2000–2001, CBS), de Roy Huggins Exonerated, The (2005), de Bob Balaban Prison Break (2005–presente, FOX), de Paul Scheuring
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