Death penalty cases : leading U.S. Supreme Court cases on capital punishment / Barry Latzer, David McCord.

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

A comprehensive resource on the death penalty. It contains various cases, including Kennedy v Louisiana, prohibiting the death penalty for child rapists, and Baze v Rees, upholding execution by lethal injection. It explains the different ways in which the states process death penalty cases, with excerpts of the most relevant statutes.