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Tables of Contents for A Capital Case in America
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
vii
Foreword: Before the Execution
ix
Part I From Offense to Trial: The Case of Kenneth Brock
3
76
The Offense and the Arrest
5
14
The Defendant, the Victim, and the Investigation
19
10
Preliminary Maneuvering: The Lawyers, the Judge, and the Jury
29
14
The Trial
43
12
The Arguments and the Verdict
55
8
The Penalty Hearing
63
12
The Aftermath
75
4
Part II The Jury and the Life or Death Decision
79
66
The Richmond Avenue Murders
83
18
The Trial of John Stiles Griffin
101
14
The Halloween Candy Murder Case
115
18
The Trial of Ronald O'Bryan
133
12
Part III The Evidence and the Life or Death Decision
145
80
The Murder of an Old Woman
147
10
The Trial of Gerald Lee Bodde
157
16
The Brady Bunch, Part I: Suppression of the Evidence
173
18
The Brady Bunch, Part II: The Trial of Richard Vargas
191
14
The Brady Bunch, Part III: The Navigation Street Murder
205
8
The Brady Bunch, Part IV: Bernardino Sierra's Plea Bargain
213
12
Part IV Of Barbarism --- And Justice
225
20
The Dilemma of Capital Punishment
227
4
The Best of the Abolitionist Argument
231
8
The Case for Capital Punishment
239
6
Part V What Happened to Them?
245
2
``A Model Prisoner''
247
4
Appeals, Petitions, and Stays
251
6
Life and Death on Death Row
257
10
The Execution Protocol
267