The death of punishment : searching for justice among the worst of the worst /
Blecker, Robert,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Man the measure. Killing the wrong people ; Playing the game ; Two sides to every question? ; Richer than the rules of law -- Part 2. Voices from the inside. One raggedy lawyer ; Between right and wrong ; The living legend ; Under the influence ; Plate sin with gold ; Their crime/Our punishment -- Part 3. Witness at an execution. Behind the glass ; One step removed ; Curtain time ; The privileged and the damned -- Part 4. For whom the candles burned. Flip a switch ; But God spared Cain ; The man needs to die ; The nicest thing ; A one-man chair ; Dead right ; Whose voice? ; Why aren't you dead? ; Turning grey ; Six feet over ; Death watch ; Killing them softly ; Bearing witness ; The 13th juror -- Part 5. Fighting for the finish. No word for it ; The Hershey bar ; In a perfect kingdom ; Everywhere elsewhere -- Part 6. Forgiveness and redemption. I can look you in the eyes ; Nonsense on stilts -- The chance to someday -- A tramp abroad: Heaidelberg ; Right body, wrong person ; The ugly mirror.
Punishment.
Criminal justice, Administration of.