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1	Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States more books like this by Helen Prejean, Sister add to wishlist In 1982, a Roman Catholic nun became the spiritual advisor to a condemned murderer who was soon executed. Powerfully and persuasively, with a compassion that embraces not only the terrified killer but the families of his victims and the men who executed him, Prejean narrates Patrick Sonnier's walk to the electric chair. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Gospel of Life more books like this by John Paul II, Pope add to wishlist Gives the Vatican's position on abortion, euthanasia, the death penalty, and biological engineering. In this letter, the Pope confronts ethical issues at the root of all of these topics concerning the way we live and the way we die, and urges readers to honor the sacred value and inviolability of human life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.43! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Burning Man more books like this by Phillip Margolin add to wishlist It's not easy being the boss's son at a large law firm. To stem whispers of nepotism, Peter Hale proceeds as head attorney on an important case despite the ailing senior Hale's request for a mistrial. After losing everything--his job and his father--Peter starts over as a public defender in a small town and ends up defending an accused murderer ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Ultimate Punishment: A Lawyer's Reflections on Dealing with the Death Penalty more books like this by Scott Turow add to wishlist Turow is known to millions as the author of peerless novels about the regions where law and reality intersect. In this vivid account of how his views on the death penalty have evolved, Turow describes his own experiences with capital punishment. (Legal Reference/Law Profession) see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions more books like this by Helen Prejean, Sister add to wishlist Sister Helen Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking," now takes readers to the new moral edge of the debate on capital punishment: What if we're killing the wrong man? Prejean implores readers to reflect on what is perhaps the core moral issue of the death penalty debate: can anyone argue about the injustice of executing the innocent? see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Last Day of a Condemned Man more books like this by Victor Hugo, Geoff Woollen (Editor) add to wishlist An early work by Victor Hugo about a condemned prisoner--providing Hugo with an opportunity to preach against death by guillotine, a subject about which he was passionate. see all copies from $4.35! new only from $4.35! \| SVS
7	The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South more books like this by Gilbert King add to wishlist On May 3, 1946, a seventeen-year-old boy was scheduled to die by the electric chair inside of a tiny red brick jail in picturesque St. Martinsville, Louisiana. Young Willie Francis had been charged with the murder of a local pharmacist. The electric chair-three hundred pounds of oak and metal- had been dubbed Gruesome Gertie and was moved from ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
8	Dead Man Walking more books like this by Helen Prejean, Sister add to wishlist In 1982, a Roman Catholic nun became the spiritual advisor to a condemned murderer who was soon executed. Powerfully and persuasively, with a compassion that embraces not only the terrified killer but the families of his victims and the men who executed him, Prejean narrates Patrick Sonnier's walk to the electric chair. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $56.50! \| first editions
9	The Death Penalty: An American History more books like this by Stuart Banner add to wishlist Now, for the first time, we have a comprehensive history of the death penalty in the United States. Stuart Banner tells the story of how, over four centuries, dramatic changes have taken place in the ways capital punishment has been administered and experienced. Banner moves beyond the debates to give us an unprecedented understanding of the many ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.37! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Mercy on Trial: What It Means to Stop an Execution more books like this by Prof. Austin Sarat add to wishlist On January 11, 2003, Illinois Governor George Ryan - a Republican on record as saying that "some crimes are so horrendous ...that society has a right to demand the ultimate penalty" - commuted the capital sentences of all 167 prisoners on his state's death row. Critics demonized Ryan. For opponents of capital punishment, however, Ryan became an ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Death Penalty Cases more books like this by Barry Latzer add to wishlist "Death Penalty Cases" provides an unbiased collection of seminal death penalty cases in the United States. It offers full but carefully edited excerpts from 25 different US Supreme Court cases along with helpful introductory materials specially prepared by the editor. It also includes the latest statistical data on capital punishment [and a useful ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $48.19! \| first editions
12	Understanding Capital Punishment Law more books like this by Linda E Carter add to wishlist see all copies from $2.91! new only from $11.75!
13 view cover	The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment more books like this by Franklin E Zimring add to wishlist Why does the United States continue to employ the death penalty when fifty other developed democracies have abolished it? Why does capital punishment become more problematic each year? How can the death penalty conflict be resolved? In Contradictions in American Capital Punishment, Frank Zimring reveals that the seemingly insoluble turmoil ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.79! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Book of Execution: An Encyclopedia of Methods of Judicial Execution more books like this by Geoffrey Abbott add to wishlist This is a collection of gruesome executions, from being eaten by animals, boiled alive and burned at the stake to the electric chair, hanging, the iron maiden and torn apart by horses. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $60.00!
15 view cover	Eligible for Execution: The Story of the Daryl Atkins Case more books like this by Thomas G Walker add to wishlist see all copies from $16.88! new only from $27.61! \| SVS
16 view cover	Capital Punishment: An Indictment by a Death-Row Survivor more books like this by Billy Wayne Sinclair, Jodie Sinclair, Helen Prejean, Sister (Foreword by) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868 more books like this by V A C Gatrell add to wishlist Hanging people for small crimes as well as grave, the Bloody Penal Code was at its most active between 1770 and 1830. In those years some 7,000 men and women were executed on public scaffolds, watched by thousands. Hanging was confined to murderers thereafter, but these were still killed in public until 1868. Clearly the gallows loomed over much ... see all copies from $17.90! new only from $44.23! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Death Penalty: America's Experience with Capital Punishment more books like this by Raymond Paternoster add to wishlist This book addresses one of the most controversial issues in the criminal justice system today--the death penalty. Paternoster et al. present a balanced perspective that focuses on both the arguments for and against capital punishment. Coverage draws on legal, historical, philosophical, economic, sociological, and religious points of view. Topics ... see all copies from $22.95! new only from $34.55!
19 view cover	Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? the Experts on Both Sides Make Their Best Case more books like this by Hugo Adam Bedau (Editor), Paul G Cassell (Editor) add to wishlist When news breaks that a convicted murderer, released from prison, has killed again, or that an innocent person has escaped the death chamber in light of new DNA evidence, arguments about capital punishment inevitably heat up. Few controversies continue to stir as much emotion as this one, and public confusion is often the result. This volume ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $9.01! \| SVS
20 view cover	When the State Kills: Capital Punishment and the American Condition more books like this by Prof. Austin Sarat add to wishlist The essays collected here address aspects of America's use of the death penalty. Victims' rights, modes of execution, the issue of televising executions, and other concerns are voiced from Sarat's perspective as one who condemns the death penalty. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.25! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	In Spite of Innocence Pbk more books like this by Michael Radelet, Constance E Putnam, Hugo Adam Bedau add to wishlist The stories of some 400 innocent Americans who were falsely convicted of capital crimes. see all copies from $3.28! new only from $15.74!
22 view cover	Race, Class, and the Death Penalty: Capital Punishment in American History more books like this by Howard W Allen, Jerome M Clubb, Vincent A Lacey add to wishlist Examines both the legal and illegal uses of the death penalty in American history. see all copies from $18.95! new only from $18.95! \| SVS
23 view cover	From Lynch Mobs to the Killing State: Race and the Death Penalty in America more books like this by Charles J Ogletree, Jr. (Editor), Prof. Austin Sarat (Editor) add to wishlist Since 1976, over forty percent of prisoners executed in American jails have been African American or Hispanic. This trend shows little evidence of diminishing, and follows a larger pattern of the violent criminalization of African American populations that has marked the country's history of punishment. In a bold attempt to tackle the looming ... see all copies from $4.29! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| SVS
24 view cover	Death by Design: Capital Punishment as a Social Psychological System more books like this by Craig Haney add to wishlist How can otherwise normal, moral persons - as citizens, voters, and jurors - participate in a process that is designed to take the life of another? In "Death By Design", research psychologist Craig Haney argues that capital punishment, and particularly the sequence of events that lead to death sentencing itself, is maintained through a complex and ... see all copies from $15.24! new only from $41.72! \| SVS
25 view cover	America Without the Death Penalty: States Leading the Way more books like this by John F Galliher, Larry W Koch, Teresa J Guess add to wishlist In recent years, American politicians have learned the peril of actively opposing the death penalty. During the 1988 Presidential race, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis stumbled in the polls after stating that he would oppose executing first degree murderers even, hypothetically, the convicted killer of his own wife. New York Governor Mario ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.52! \| SVS

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