The death penalty today - Bohm, Robert M. (Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2008)
Errors in capital cases and what can be done about them -- Scrutinizing the death penalty : state death penalty study commissions and their recommendations -- Themes of wrongful executions in the post-Furman era -- Making it work : compensation for the wrongfully convicted -- A painless cocktail? The lethal injection controversy -- Assessing scholarly opinion of capital punishment : the experts speak -- Police managers' attitudes toward capital punishment -- The United States can't televise an execution because it will make condemned men feel bad about the death penalty : issues raised by the suit to make McVeigh's execution public --'Let's do it!' : an analysis of consensual executions -- Some hypotheses about capital punishment and lynching
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: Capital punishment -- United States; Capital punishment -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States