'The kaleidoscopic contributions to this book provide more comparative insight into capital punishment than any other volume. The Steikers have recruited an all-star team of writers, and they have delivered on everything from methods of execution and miscarriages of justice to capital clemency and international norms. If you want to think better about the death penalty's past, present, and future, read this magnificent book.'--David T. Johnson, University of Hawaii and co-author of The Next Frontier: National Development, Political Change, and the Death Penalty in Asia
