1Chapter 1. What is Punishment?
335.3. Federal Death Penalty
21.1 Introduction
345.4. Wrongful capital prosecutions
31.2. Definitions
355.5. Summary
41.2. Scope of application
365.6. Questions
51.4. History and Rationale
37Chapter 6. Life Imprisonment
61.5. Possible reasons for punishment
386.1. Introduction
71.6. Summary
396.2. World View
81.7 Questions
406.3. Reform or abolition
9Chapter 2. Capital Punishment
416.4. Summary
102.1 Introduction
426.5. Questions
112.2. History
43Chapter 7. Life Imprisonment in the USA
122.3. History of Abolition
447.1. History
132.4. Arguments for and against capital
457.2. Use of Life Imprisonment
14punishment
467.3. Parole and nonviolent offenses
152.5. Summary
477.4. Transformations in prison
162.6. Questions
487.5. Summary
17Chapter 3. Capital punishment in the United States
497.6. Questions
183.1 History
50Chapter 8. Life In Prison Or The Death Penalty?
193.2. The Laws, the Crimes, and the Executions
518.1. Comparative study of both
203.3. Legal Process
528.2. Lifetime in prison without parole is also
213.4. Method of giving punishment
53a death penalty
223.5. Summary
548.3. Summary
233.6. Questions
558.4. Questions
24Chapter 4. State By State Death Penalty In The USA
56Chapter 9. Views Of The Civilians Of the USA On Capital Punishment And Life Imprisonment
254.1. State with the Death penalty
579.1. People favoring the death penalty
264.2. State without the death penalty
58despite its administration
274.3. Summary
599.2. Shift toward favoring life imprisonment
284.4. Questions
60apparent in all major subgroups
29Chapter 5. Recent Legal History Of The Death Penalty
619.3. Summary
305.1. Introduction
629.4. Questions
315.2. Death Penalty Developments in the
63Glossary
32States and the Countries
64Index
