The book converts to higher-quality paper for image clarity. Data from death row historian K. William Hayes premieres in this edition. The front and back covers combine the photos of 24 men executed during 1994. Racial disparities in the application of the death penalty are examined in The Color of Justice . Racial statistics are highlighted in this edition.
Special attention is paid to recent executions.
Prison violence, including murderers killing their death row counterparts, is discussed in Murder Behind Bars . Phil Parker, warden of Kentucky's death row prison in Eddyville, offers a candid interview in Keeper of the Damned . The gruesome stories of serial killers John Wayne Gacy and Aileen Wuornos are depicted, along with the frightening tales of Judith Neeley, Catholic nun killer Cornelius Singleton, college student killer Fletcher Thomas Mann and Paul Hill, who murdered a physician at a Florida abortion clinic. Seven additional headline murderers are featured in this edition, as well. Death Row's renowned trivia notes begin in this edition.