FB: Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina; author of many books for Princeton UP and the U of Chicago Press MW: Student, UNC KJ: Student, UNC AK: Student, UNC CW: Student, UNC

"Baumgartner et al. question whether the death penalty as it is practiced today meets the standards for constitutional legitimacy imposed in Furman. Baumgartner et al. address every empirical issue relevant to that question, ranging from the process by which capital punishment is meted out in jurisdictions, to which crimes in which jurisdictions merit the death penalty, to how often persons are exonerated from death row. They also provide extensive statisticalevidence of differences in execution rates according to race and gender, and consider the evidence of whether the death penalty deters crime. This excellent volume is essential reading for anyoneinterested in the constitutionality of the death penalty." -- CHOICE"Overall, the work contains much good information and some valuable insights. I was especially intrigued with the way the authors framed the difference between Furman and Gregg. They noted that in the former case the Court ruled based on plentiful evidence and experience with how the system actually worked. In Gregg, they were ruling prospectively-based on untested proposals about how the system might be improved. One decision was based on empirical evidence;the other on theory. Baumgartner, et. al. have given us some useful tools to measure the success of that theory." - Mary Welek Atwell, Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice, Radford University

• List of Tables List of Figures PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Furman, Gregg, and the Creation of the Modern Death Penalty Chapter 2. The Capital Punishment Process.Chapter 3. Homicide in AmericaChapter 4. Comparing Homicides with Execution CasesChapter 5. Which Crimes Are Capital Eligible, and is Death Reserved for the Worst Offenders?Chapter 6. Which Jurisdictions Execute and which Ones Don't?Chapter 7. How Often Are Death Sentences Overturned?Chapter 8. How Long Does It Take?Chapter 9. How Often Are People Exonerated from Death Row?Chapter 10. How Are the Executions Carried Out?Chapter 11. How Often Are Scheduled Executions Delayed or Cancelled?Chapter 12. Mental Illness and Death RowChapter 13. How Deep Is Public Support for the Death Penalty?Chapter 14. Why Does the Death Penalty Cost So Much?Chapter 15. Does the Death Penalty Deter?Chapter 16. Is the Death Penalty Dying?Chapter 17. Does the Modern Death Penalty Meet the Goals of Furman?Epilogue: How This Book Came AboutReferencesAssociated Web Site: AppendicesA. State Laws Relating to Capital Crimes and Aggravating CircumstancesB. State Laws Relating to Mitigating CircumstancesC. Appendix to Chapter 12 on Mental Illness D. Appendix to Chapter 13 on Public Opinion E. Appendix to Chapter 14 on CostF. Relevant Supreme Court Cases Data used in this bookA. The Carolina Execution Database (all executions, 1977 through 2015)B. Homicides by County and by Year, 1984 to 2012C. Homicides by State and Year, 1984 to 2012D. Executions by County and by Year, 1975 to 2015E. Executions by State and by Year, 1975 to 2015F. Pennsylvania Death WarrantsG. Replication data for Figures used in the bookH. Web sites with data we usea. Death Penalty Information Centerb. Clark County Prosecutor Execution databasec. National Registry of ExonerationsI. Movies / documentaries / popular culture links

FB: Professor of Political Science, University of North Carolina; author of many books for Princeton UP and the U of Chicago Press MW: Student, UNC KJ: Student, UNC AK: Student, UNC CW: Student, UNC

"Baumgartner et al. question whether the death penalty as it is practiced today meets the standards for constitutional legitimacy imposed in Furman. Baumgartner et al. address every empirical issue relevant to that question, ranging from the process by which capital punishment is meted out in jurisdictions, to which crimes in which jurisdictions merit the death penalty, to how often persons are exonerated from death row. They also provide extensive statisticalevidence of differences in execution rates according to race and gender, and consider the evidence of whether the death penalty deters crime. This excellent volume is essential reading for anyoneinterested in the constitutionality of the death penalty." -- CHOICE"Overall, the work contains much good information and some valuable insights. I was especially intrigued with the way the authors framed the difference between Furman and Gregg. They noted that in the former case the Court ruled based on plentiful evidence and experience with how the system actually worked. In Gregg, they were ruling prospectively-based on untested proposals about how the system might be improved. One decision was based on empirical evidence;the other on theory. Baumgartner, et. al. have given us some useful tools to measure the success of that theory." - Mary Welek Atwell, Professor Emerita of Criminal Justice, Radford University

• List of Tables List of Figures PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1. Furman, Gregg, and the Creation of the Modern Death Penalty Chapter 2. The Capital Punishment Process.Chapter 3. Homicide in AmericaChapter 4. Comparing Homicides with Execution CasesChapter 5. Which Crimes Are Capital Eligible, and is Death Reserved for the Worst Offenders?Chapter 6. Which Jurisdictions Execute and which Ones Don't?Chapter 7. How Often Are Death Sentences Overturned?Chapter 8. How Long Does It Take?Chapter 9. How Often Are People Exonerated from Death Row?Chapter 10. How Are the Executions Carried Out?Chapter 11. How Often Are Scheduled Executions Delayed or Cancelled?Chapter 12. Mental Illness and Death RowChapter 13. How Deep Is Public Support for the Death Penalty?Chapter 14. Why Does the Death Penalty Cost So Much?Chapter 15. Does the Death Penalty Deter?Chapter 16. Is the Death Penalty Dying?Chapter 17. Does the Modern Death Penalty Meet the Goals of Furman?Epilogue: How This Book Came AboutReferencesAssociated Web Site: AppendicesA. State Laws Relating to Capital Crimes and Aggravating CircumstancesB. State Laws Relating to Mitigating CircumstancesC. Appendix to Chapter 12 on Mental Illness D. Appendix to Chapter 13 on Public Opinion E. Appendix to Chapter 14 on CostF. Relevant Supreme Court Cases Data used in this bookA. The Carolina Execution Database (all executions, 1977 through 2015)B. Homicides by County and by Year, 1984 to 2012C. Homicides by State and Year, 1984 to 2012D. Executions by County and by Year, 1975 to 2015E. Executions by State and by Year, 1975 to 2015F. Pennsylvania Death WarrantsG. Replication data for Figures used in the bookH. Web sites with data we usea. Death Penalty Information Centerb. Clark County Prosecutor Execution databasec. National Registry of ExonerationsI. Movies / documentaries / popular culture links