| Ch. 1. Capital punishment in America -- Pt. I: Foundational cases. Ch. 2. Cruel and unusual as applied--Furman v. Georgia (1972) -- Ch. 3. Not inherently unconstitutional--Gregg v. Georgia (1976) -- Ch. 4. Mandatory death penalty--Woodson v. North Carolina (1976) -- Ch. 5. Mitigating evidence--Lockett v. Ohio (1978), Jurek v. Texas (1976) -- Ch. 6. Racial bias--McCleskey v. Kemp (1987) -- Pt. II: Death-eligibile crimes and persons. Ch. 7. Rape and other nonhomicide crimes--Coker v. Georgia (1977) -- Ch. 8. Murder--Godfrey v. Georgia (1980) -- Ch. 9. Felony-murder--Enmund v. Florida (1982) and Tison v. Arizona (1987) -- Ch. 10. The mentally retarded and juveniles--Atkins v. Virginia (2002) and Roper v. Simmons (2005) -- Ch. 11. Child rape--Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008) -- Pt. III: The death penalty trial. Ch. 12: Appropriate decisionmakers--Spaziano v. Florida (1984) and Ring v. Arizona (2002) -- Ch. 13: Selecting jurors--Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968), Turner v. Murray (1986), Uttecht v. Brown (2007) -- Ch. 14: Victim impact evidence--Payne v. Tennessee (1991) -- Ch. 15: The sentencing decision--McKoy v. North Carolina (1990) and Kansas v. Marsh (2006) -- Pt. IV: Post-conviction review. Ch. 16: Ineffective counsel--Strickland v. Washington (1984) and Williams v. Taylor (2000) -- Ch. 17: Claims of innocence--Herrera v. Collins (1993) and Kansas v. Marsh (2006) -- Pt. V: Execution issues. Ch. 18: Insane convicts may not be executed--Ford v. Wainwright (1986) and Panetti v. Quarterman (2007) -- Ch. 19: Method of execution--Baze v. Rees (2008) -- Appendix A: Facts and figures on murder and the death penalty -- Appendix B: Understanding statutory provisions. |
