Here are the resources Mrs. Carpenter recommends for this project. While you may use any of the databases on our larger list, these should be particularly useful.
Facts and arguments on current events topics and social issues.
This database specifically focuses on criminal justice and may be useful to you for this project.
Depending on your angle, this database may be helpful--the focus here is psychology.
Many of the cases/people you will be focusing on had lots of media coverage--there may be some excellent NYT articles about your topics worth reading. Worth taking a look.
This is how you will cite most text-based information that you find on the web.
Movies viewed online would be very similar, just choose "Film or Video Recording" instead of "Television or Radio Program".