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Capital punishment in America
Cruel and unusual as applied : Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Not inherently unconstitutional : Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Mandatory death penalty : Woodson v. North Carolina (1976)
Mitigating evidence : Lockett v. Ohio (1978) and Jurek v. Texas (1976)
Racial bias : McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)
Rape and other nonhomicide crimes : Coker v. Georgia (1977)
Murder : Godfrey v. Georgia (1980)
Felony-murder : Enmund v. Florida (1982) and Tison v. Arizona (1987)
The mentally retarded and juveniles : Atkins v. Virginia (2002) and Roper v. Simmons (2005)
Child rape : Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)
Appropriate decisionmakers : Spaziano v. Florida (1984) and Ring v. Arizona (2002)
Selecting jurors : Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968), Turner v. Murray (1986), and Uttecht v. Brown (2007)
Victim impact evidence : Payne v. Tennessee (1991)
The sentencing decision : McKoy v. North Carolina (1990) and Kansas v. Marsh (2006)
Ineffective counsel : Strickland v. Washington (1984) and Williams v. Taylor (2000)
Claims of innocence : Herrera v. Collins (1993) and Kansas v. Marsh (2006)
Insane convicts may not be executed : Ford v. Wainwright (1986) and Panetti v. Quarterman (2007)
Method of execution : Baze v. Rees (2008)
Appendix A : Facts and figures on murder and the death penalty
Appendix B : Understanding statutory provisions
Cruel and unusual as applied : Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Not inherently unconstitutional : Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Mandatory death penalty : Woodson v. North Carolina (1976)
Mitigating evidence : Lockett v. Ohio (1978) and Jurek v. Texas (1976)
Racial bias : McCleskey v. Kemp (1987)
Rape and other nonhomicide crimes : Coker v. Georgia (1977)
Murder : Godfrey v. Georgia (1980)
Felony-murder : Enmund v. Florida (1982) and Tison v. Arizona (1987)
The mentally retarded and juveniles : Atkins v. Virginia (2002) and Roper v. Simmons (2005)
Child rape : Kennedy v. Louisiana (2008)
Appropriate decisionmakers : Spaziano v. Florida (1984) and Ring v. Arizona (2002)
Selecting jurors : Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968), Turner v. Murray (1986), and Uttecht v. Brown (2007)
Victim impact evidence : Payne v. Tennessee (1991)
The sentencing decision : McKoy v. North Carolina (1990) and Kansas v. Marsh (2006)
Ineffective counsel : Strickland v. Washington (1984) and Williams v. Taylor (2000)
Claims of innocence : Herrera v. Collins (1993) and Kansas v. Marsh (2006)
Insane convicts may not be executed : Ford v. Wainwright (1986) and Panetti v. Quarterman (2007)
Method of execution : Baze v. Rees (2008)
Appendix A : Facts and figures on murder and the death penalty
Appendix B : Understanding statutory provisions