Capital Punishment in the United States: A Documentary History

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Copyright Acknowledgments v
• Contents xi
• Series Foreword xix
• Preface xxi
• Introduction xxv
• Note xxxv
• Significant Dates in the History of Capital Punishment xxxvii
• Part I - Early Views on Capital Punishment: Colonial Era to Independence 1
• Note 12
• Part II - The Abolition Movement Gains Ground, 1800-1917 31
• Note 37
• Note 52
• Note 66
• Part III - War and Economic Depression Overshadow Capital Punishment, 1918-1959 75
• Note 90
• Note 102
• Part IV - Capital Punishment in the Courts, 1960-1976 109
• Note 128
• Note 141
• Note 152
• Note 157
• Note 162
• Part V - The Debate Begins Anew, 1977-1989 169
• Note 178
• Note 181
• Note 186
• Note 190
• Note 192
• Note 208
• Note 231
• Part VI - The Death Penalty in the 1990s: Contemporary Issues 247
• Note 287
• Note 289
• Glossary 301
• Appendix A - Federal and State Capital Offenses in the United States 303
• Appendix B - U.S. Executions: Colonial Times to 1995 309
• Appendix C - Selected U.S. Supreme Court Cases 311
• Appendix D - Capital Punishment Interest Groups and Related Organizations 313
• Select Bibliography 315
• Index 327
• About the Editors *

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