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Inside the death chamber : exploring executions / L. Kay Gillespie ; [foreword by Jack Levin].

By: Gillespie, L. Kay.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Allyn and Bacon, c2003Description: xiv, 143 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 020535257X (pbk.).Subject(s): Capital punishment -- United States | Death row inmates -- United States | Executions and executioners -- United States | Lethal injection (Execution) -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States | Punishment -- United States -- PhilosophyDDC classification: 364.660973
Contents:
Foreword. - Preface. - Ch. 1. Personal questions. Do you have nighmares from watching people die? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. Are you for or against the death penalty? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. - Ch, 2. General questions. Why are there 13 steps to the gallows? (magic, superstition, and ritual). Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. - Ch. 3. Process Questions. What is it like to live on death row? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. How do they spend their last hours? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. What is the most "Humane" method of execution? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. What happens to the body after an execution? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. Who does the executing and why isn't it public? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. What are clemencies, commutations, and pardons? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. What is a federal execution and how is it conducted? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. - Ch. 4. Current issues questions. What happens when things go wrong? Why does it cost so much? How old was the youngest person ever executed? How many innocent people have been executed? - Ch. 5. Conclusion: What have I learned? - Appendix A. Roster of Federal executions. - Appendix B. Questions to and answers from a death row inmate. - Notes.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-143) and index.

Foreword. - Preface. - Ch. 1. Personal questions. Do you have nighmares from watching people die? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. Are you for or against the death penalty? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. - Ch, 2. General questions. Why are there 13 steps to the gallows? (magic, superstition, and ritual). Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. - Ch. 3. Process Questions. What is it like to live on death row? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. How do they spend their last hours? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. What is the most "Humane" method of execution? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. What happens to the body after an execution? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. Who does the executing and why isn't it public? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. What are clemencies, commutations, and pardons? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. What is a federal execution and how is it conducted? Questions for discussion. Things to do or see. - Ch. 4. Current issues questions. What happens when things go wrong? Why does it cost so much? How old was the youngest person ever executed? How many innocent people have been executed? - Ch. 5. Conclusion: What have I learned? - Appendix A. Roster of Federal executions. - Appendix B. Questions to and answers from a death row inmate. - Notes.