New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2017. Chapters present state-of-the art analyses of a range of aspects of capital punishment, grouped into five sections: (1) The Death Penalty: History, Opinion, and Culture; (2) Capital Punishment: Rationales and Religious Views; (3) Capital Punishment and Constitutional Issues; (4) The Death Penalty's Administration; and (5) The Death Penalty's Consequences.