capital punishment

Explores the history, myths, and realities of state-sponsered killing, incorporating the most up-to-date research on the death penalty.

Presents the real-life case of Ron Williamson, a mentally ill former baseball player who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the 1982 murder of a 21-year-old woman in his Oklahoma hometown.

Presents a look at the use of capital punishment in America based on two wrongfully accused death-penalty cases.

Addresses the various issues surrounding capital punishment in the United States, and explores the mind-sets of those directly involved in the death penalty, including prison wardens, prosecutors, jurors, religious figures, governors, judges, and relatives of murder victims.

The author, a lawyer who has represented over one hundred clients on death row, presents a candid look at capital punishment and the American criminal justice system in his account of a Texas execution.

Chronicles the history of the death penalty in America, with an emphasis on its application to teenagers.

Presents opposing viewpoints on the purpose, morality, deterrent influence, and application of the death penalty.

Presents an overview of the issues surrounding capital punishment, including does it deter violent crime and is it unconstitutional.