Who owns death? capital punishment, the American conscience, and the end of executions
Robert Jay Lifton and Greg Mitchell.
- 1st ed.
- New York, N.Y. Morrow c2000.
- xvii, 270 p. 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-263) and index.
The pope's travel plans: three states, three views of the death penalty -- Executions in America: trends and beginnings -- Methods of execution: seeking a "humane" end, from noose to needle -- Wardens and guards, chaplains and doctors -- Prosecutors and governors -- Jurors and judges -- Witnessing -- Murder victim's families -- Public opinion, private doubts -- The end of executions.