Inside the Death Chamber
Exploring Executions
Published on 19. August 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-0-205-35257-9 (ISBN)
Description
Using a question-and-answer format, this engaging text discusses the process of capital punishment as well as the personal experiences of those to whom it is applied and those who conduct the executions. Myths and misconceptions are explored.
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Content
1. Personal Questions.
Do You Have Nightmares from Watching People Die?
Are You For or Against the Death Penalty?
2. General Questions.
Why Are There 13 Steps to the Gallows? (Magic, Superstition and Ritual)
Why Have Animals and Inanimate Objects Been Executed?
How Many Women Have Been Executed?
3. Process Questions.
What Is It Like to Live on Death Row?
How Do They Spend Their Last Hours?
What Is the Most Humane Method of Execution?
What Happens to the Body After an Execution?
Who Does the Executing and Why Isn't It Public?
What Are Clemencies, Commutations, and Pardons?
What Is a Federal Execution?
4. Issues Questions.
What Happens When Things Go Wrong?
Why Does It Cost So Much?
How Old was the Youngest Person Executed?
Have Innocent People Been Executed?
5. Conclusion: What Have I Learned?
Appendix A. Federal Executions.
Appendix B. Q & A for a Death Row Inmate.
Do You Have Nightmares from Watching People Die?
Are You For or Against the Death Penalty?
2. General Questions.
Why Are There 13 Steps to the Gallows? (Magic, Superstition and Ritual)
Why Have Animals and Inanimate Objects Been Executed?
How Many Women Have Been Executed?
3. Process Questions.
What Is It Like to Live on Death Row?
How Do They Spend Their Last Hours?
What Is the Most Humane Method of Execution?
What Happens to the Body After an Execution?
Who Does the Executing and Why Isn't It Public?
What Are Clemencies, Commutations, and Pardons?
What Is a Federal Execution?
4. Issues Questions.
What Happens When Things Go Wrong?
Why Does It Cost So Much?
How Old was the Youngest Person Executed?
Have Innocent People Been Executed?
5. Conclusion: What Have I Learned?
Appendix A. Federal Executions.
Appendix B. Q & A for a Death Row Inmate.