The Death Penalty

by Mitchell, Hayley R.

• ISBN13: 9780737704570
• ISBN10: 0737704578
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr

Summary

The authors in this anthology provide a comprehensive look at a controversial issue. Beginning with the background and history of the death penalty, essays discuss the arguments for and against capital punishment, the religious beliefs regarding the practice, its administration, and the possibility of discrimination. Chapters also examine the juvenile death penalty and the role of the media in public opinion. Also includes a geographical gazeteer of important places and events, a glossary, chronology, appendix of prominent people, bibliographies, and an extensive index.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(2)
Introduction	9	(4)
The Death Penalty: An Overview
The Death Penalty and the Capital Trial	13	(10)
Mark Costanzo
Lawrence T. White
The Revival of the American Death Penalty	23	(7)
Tom Philips
The Undying Problem of the Death Penalty	30	(5)
Hiller B. Zobel
The Supreme Court and the Death Penalty	35	(6)
David O. Stewart
Perspectives on the Death Penalty
Anger and Ambivalence	41	(6)
David A. Kaplan
Why Americans Approve of the Death Penalty	47	(6)
Christopher Hitchens
The Death Penalty as a Communal Response to Evil	53	(7)
David Gelernter
Ensuring Justice with the Death Penalty	60	(3)
George E. Pataki
The Case Against the Death Penalty	63	(7)
Eric M. Freedman
The Death Penalty Is Only About Revenge	70	(3)
Carol Fennelly
The Administration of the Death Penalty
The Death Penalty Can Be Administered Fairly	73	(4)
John McAdams
The Death Penalty Cannot Be Administered Fairly	77	(4)
Leigh B. Bienen
Racial Discrimination and the Administration of the Death Penalty	81	(9)
Stanley Rothman
Stephen Powers
Women Are Often Unfairly Sentenced to Death	90	(4)
Whitney George
Women on Death Row Are Rarely Executed	94	(3)
Mark Hansen
The Innocent on Death Row
The Wrong Men on Death Row	97	(5)
Joseph P. Shapiro
Mistaken Executions Cannot Be Corrected	102	(13)
Jonathan Rauch
One Man's Long Battle on Death Row	115	(7)
Tena Jamison Lee
Implementing the Death Penalty: Personal Narratives
Sending a Man to Die	122	(10)
Alex Kozinski
The Death of Robert Alton Harris	132	(6)
Michael Kroll
A Test of Faith: Witnessing a Friend's Execution	138	(6)
William Vance Trollinger Jr.
Organizations to Contact	144	(3)
Bibliography	147	(3)
Index	150