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Part One: Executions past and present. Executions past: antiquity to the 20th Century. Executions present: the 20th century American experience. Part Two: Waiting to die. A study of modern death rows. Death row: conditions and confinement. Living and working on death row. Part Three: In cold blood: a study of modern executions. Death work: a modern execution team. Death watch: the final hours. An execution and its aftermath. Part Four: Moral considerations. A modern instance of torture. Punishing murderers: choosing life over death.
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