From the Book - 2018 edition.
Chapter 1. A continuing conflict : a history of capital punishment in the United States
Chapter 2. Capital crimes, trials, and sentencing
Chapter 3. The appeals process and other postsentencing practices
Chapter 4. Execution methods
Chapter 5. Cost considerations
Chapter 6. Statistics : death sentences, and executions
Chapter 7. Issues of fairness
Chapter 8. Exonerations and moratoriums
Chapter 9. Public attitudes toward capital punishment
Chapter 10. Capital punishment around the world
Chapter 11. The debate : capital punishment should be abolished
Chapter 12. The debate : capital punishment should be maintained.
From the Book - 2014 edition.
Chapter 1. A continuing conflict : a history of capital punishment in the United States
chapter 2. Supreme Court rulings I : constitutionality of the death penalty, guidelines for judges and juries, jury selection, and sentencing procedures
chapter 3. Supreme Court rulings II : circumstances that do and do not warrant the death penalty, right to effective counsel, appeals based on new evidence, and constitutionality of execution methods
chapter 4. Supreme Court rulings III : mitigating circumstances, youth, insanity, mental retardation, the admissibility of victim impact statements, and the influence of race in capital cases
chapter 5. Death penalty laws : state, federal, and U.S. military
chapter 6. Statistics : death sentences, capital case costs, and executions
chapter 7. Issues of fairness
chapter 8. Exonerations and moratoriums
chapter 9. Public attitudes toward capital punishment
chapter 10. Capital punishment around the world
chapter 11. The debate : capital punishment should be maintained
chapter 12. The debate : capital punishment should be abolished.