Lethal state: a history of the death penalty in North Carolina

Introduction : a history of the present

The general sense of justice : lynching and the death penalty, 1880-1950

Without howling, without squirming : reinventing the death penalty in Jim Crow North Carolina, 1910-1936

I cannot allow this boy to be executed : the essential role of mercy, 1910-1949

Intelligent and civilized sentiments : activism, discretion, and the decline of the death penalty, 1941-1961

An emotional craving : the revival of the death penalty in North Carolina, 1961-1984

Conclusion : a history of failure?.