TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gillespie,L.Kay
TI  - Inside the death chamber: exploring executions 
SN  - 020535257X (pbk.)
U1  - 364.660973 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Boston, Mass.
PB  - Allyn and Bacon
KW  - Capital punishment
KW  - United States
KW  - Death row inmates
KW  - Executions and executioners
KW  - Lethal injection (Execution)
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Punishment
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - 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
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