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Contents - Foreward, Introduction, Chapter - 1 The Death Penalty: An Overview, Chapter - 2 Perspective on the Death Penalty, Chapter 3 - The Administration of the Death Penalty, Chapter 4 - The Innocent on Death Row, Chapter 5 - Implementing the Death Penalty: Personal Narratives.