From the Book - Regular Print
Introduction : "If Timothy McVeigh doesn't deserve to die, who does?"
The return of revenge : hearing the voice of the victim in capital trials
Killing me softly : capital punishment and the technologies for taking life
Capital trials and the ordinary world of state killing
The role of the jury in the killing state
Narrative strategy and death penalty advocacy : attempting to save the condemned
To see or not to see : on televising executions
State killing in popular culture : responsibility and representation in Dead man walking, Last dance, and The green mile
Conclusion : Toward a new abolitionism.
