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1. Introduction To Capital Punishment Law 2. The Death Penalty Debate 3. Sources of Law 4. Challenges To The Constitutionality of The Death Penalty 5. Methods of Execution 6. Modern Death Penalty Statutes 7. The Death Penalty Trial 8. Categorical Bars To The Death Penalty 9. Overview of Aggravating Evidence: The Eligibility Function and The Selection Function 10. Aggravating Circumstances: Eligibility of The Case for The Death Penalty 11. Aggravating Evidence and The Selection Decision 12. Selection Process: Mitigation 13. Selection Process: The Life or Death Decision 14. Direct Appeals 15. Postconviction Proceedings: The Writ of Habeas Corpus 16. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel 17. Innocence 18. Clemency 19. Death Row Issues: Insanity and Death Row Phenomenon 20. Race and The Death Penalty 21. Gender Bias and The Death Penalty 22. Volunteers: Defendants Who Want To Die 23. International Treaty Rights and The Use of Foreign Law In Death Penalty Cases 24. The Federal Death Penalty 25. Future Issues In Capital Punishment Law Table of Cases Index