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