First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Foreword Slouching Towards Abolition christopher Hitchens Introduction The Problem of Innocence David R. Dow 1. Part One: Reality of the Regime 1. How the Death Penalty Works David R. Dow 2. The Execution of Ivor Ray Stanley David R. Dow Part Two: Legacies of Lynching 3. Discrimination, Death and Denial: Race and the Death Penalty Stephen B. Bright 4. The Judge as Lynch Mob Ken Silverstein 5. From My Vantage-Disadvantage Point: Samuel B. Johnson in the New South Mark Dow Part Three: Inevitability and Innocence 6. Jousting with the Juggernaut Andrew Hammel 7. The Politics of Finality and the Execution of the Innocent: The Case of Gary Graham Dick Burr and Mandy Welch 8. Innocence Lost Bob Burtman 9. Chance and the Exoneration on Anthony Porter Shawn Armbrust Part Four: Inside the Walls 10. The Stopping Point: Interview with a Tie-Down Officer Stacy Abramson and David Isay 11. The Line Between Us and Them: Interview with a Warden Mark Dow 12. The Death Penalty as Disgrace: How One Man's Life and Death Reveal the Failings of Our Society Phyllis Crocker 13. An Eagle Soars: The Legacy of Mr. Smile Cecile C. Guin 14. In Memory of Anthony Lee Jones Sarah Ottinger 15. Representing Robert Sawyer sarah Ottinger Part Five: Towards Abolition 16. Killing the Death Penalty with Kindness Clive Stafford-Smith 17. Speaking Out Against the Execution of McVeigh Bud Welch 18. Reflections on Justice, Survival and Healing Renny Cushing