This title offers rich and detailed accounts of the most important capital cases in American law. In addition to comprehensive coverage of the "canonical cases" such as Furman v. Georgia , Gregg v. Georgia , Penry v. Lynaugh , Payne v. Tennessee , and McCleskey v. Kemp , the volume also presents in-depth accounts of cases involving core capital issues, including: Representation Protections for the innocent Proportionality limits Execution methods The problem of "volunteers" The guarantee of heightened reliability.