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Intro -- title page -- copyright page -- 1. What Is Capital Punishment? -- 2. The Origins of Capital Punishment -- 3. Debating Capital Punishment -- 4. The Movement to Abolish Capital Punishment -- 5. Do Vulnerable People Get Executed? -- 6. Life on Death Row -- 7. The Future of Capital Punishment -- Appendix -- Organizations Opposed to the Death Penalty -- Organizations in Favor of the Death Penalty -- Series Glossary -- Further Reading -- Internet Resources -- Index -- Untitled -- Blank Page.

ch. 1. A continuing conflict : a history of capital punishment in the United States -- ch. 2. Capital crimes, trials, and sentencing -- ch. 3. The appeals process and other post-sentencing practices -- ch. 4. Execution methods -- ch. 5. Cost considerations -- ch. 6. Statistics : death sentences and executions -- ch. 7. Issues of fairness -- ch. 8. Exonerations and moratoriums -- ch. 9. Public attitudes toward capital punishment -- ch. 10. Capital punishment around the world -- ch. 11. The debate : capital punishment should be maintained -- ch. 12. The debate : capital punishment should be abolished.

Cover Page -- Halftitle Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I Facts and Figures -- 1 : General Introduction -- 2 : The Use of the Death Penalty: A Factual Statement -- Part II The Issues -- 3 : The Capital Punishment Controversy -- Part III Proponents of Capital Punishment -- 4 : In Favor of Capital Punishment -- 5 : On Deterrence and the Death Penalty -- 6 : Capital Punishment: Your Protection and Mine -- 7 : A Prosecutor Looks at Capital Punishment -- 8 : The Death Penalty -- Part IV Opponents of Capital Punishment -- 9 : Capital Punishment as Seen by a Correctional Administrator -- 10 : To Abolish the Death Penalty -- 11 : Capital Punishment: The Challenge of Crime in a Free Society -- 12 : Thou Shalt Not Kill -- 13 : For Whom the Chair Waits -- 14 : Let's Abolish Capital Punishment -- Part V Attack on the Death Penalty -- 15 : Varieties of Attack on the Death Penalty -- 16 : The Supreme Court, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, and the Death Penalty -- For Further Reading -- Index

This collection asks questions about the received wisdom of the debate about capital punishment. Woven through the book, questions are asked of, and remedies proposed for, a raft of issues identified as having been overlooked in the traditional discourse. It provides a long overdue review of the disparate groups and strategies that lay claim to abolitionism. The authors argue that capital litigators should use their skills challenging the abuses not just of process, but of the conditions in which the condemned await their fate, namely prison conditions, education, leisure, visits, medical services, etc. In the aftermath of successful constitutional challenges it is the beneficiaries (arguably those who are considered successes, having been 'saved' from the death penalty and now serving living death penalties of one sort or another) who are suffering the cruel and inhumane alternative. Part I of the book offers a selection of diverse, nuanced examinations of death penalty phenomena, scrutinizing complexities frequently omitted from the narrative of academics and activists. It offers a challenging and comprehensive analysis of issues critical to the abolition debate. Part II offers examinations of countries usually absent from academic analysis to provide an understanding of the status of the debate locally, with opportunities for wider application