The Death Penalty: America's Experience with Capital Punishment

Abstract

PART I: THE ENDURING LEGACY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER 1. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE EARLY PERIOD: 1608-1929 CHAPTER 2. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE PRE-MODERN PERIOD: 1930-1967 CHAPTER 3. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE MODERN PERIOD: 1977-PRESENT PART II: LEGAL HISTORY, CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND COMMON JUSTIFICATIONS FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER 4. A BRIEF LEGAL HISTORY OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER 5. CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE UNITED STATES CHAPTER 6. COMMON JUSTIFICATIONS FOR THE DEATH PENALTY PART III: THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DEATH PENALTY: ISSUES OF RACE AND HUMAN FALLIBILITY CHAPTER 7. RACE, THE LAW, AND PUNISHMENT CHAPTER 8. RACE AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT CHAPTER 9. PROBLEMS IN ADMINISTERING THE DEATH PENALTY PART IV: WHAT'S TO COME OF THE DEATH PENALTY CHAPTER 10. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN AMERICA'S FUTURE