| | Introduction: A House of Secrets | p. 9 |
| | The Road to the Death House | p. 19 |
| | The Death Penalty Lives Again | p. 33 |
| | Good Guy/Bad Guy? Same Guy?-Proportionality and the Death Penalty | p. 55 |
| | Black on White-Race and the Death Penalty | p. 89 |
| | Mental Incapacity and "Evolving Standards of Decency" | p. 103 |
| | Juvenile Killers-Should They Die? | p. 133 |
| | Medicate to Execute? | p. 163 |
| | Getting Even-Retribution and the Death Penalty | p. 187 |
| | Non-Triggermen-Just as Guilty? | p. 221 |
| | The Victims Left Behind-Do Their Opinions Count? | p. 237 |
| | The Mechanics of Death | p. 269 |
| | "Actual Innocence" | p. 281 |
| | Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Worst Crimes?… or Just Worst Lawyers? | p. 311 |
| | Closing Arguments | p. 335 |
| | The Georgia Death-Penalty Statute | p. 353 |
| | Bronstein Victim Impact Statement | p. 359 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 365 |
| | Notes | p. 369 |
| | List of Figure Credits | p. 397 |
| | Index | p. 403 |