Preface / Ban Ki-Moon -- Introduction. An abolitionist's perspective / Ivan S̆imonović -- Without DNA evidence I'd still be behind bars / Kirk Bloodsworth -- DNA evidence casts light on flaws in system / Brandon Garrett -- In the United States, growing doubts about the death penalty / -Gil Garcetti -- Wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice in death penalty trials in the Caribbean, Africa and Asia / Saul Lehrfreund -- Deterrence and public opinion / Carolyn Hoyle and Roger Hood -- The terrors of prison fade slowly / Damien Echols -- Damien Echols and the West Memphis Three Case / Stephen Braga -- Imposition of the death penalty upon the poor, racial minorities, the intellectually disabled and the mentally ill / Steve Bright -- The death penalty in the Commonwealth Carribean : justice out of reach? / Arif Bulkan -- The death penalty in India : down a slippery slope / Usha Ramanathan -- The death penalty in Botswana : barriers to equal justice / Alice Mogwe -- The death penalty in Zimbabwe : legal ambiguitites / Innocent Maja -- World religions and the death penalty / Mario Marazziti -- Towards a moratorium on the death penalty / Paul Bhatti -- Global death penalty trends since 2012 / Salil Shetty -- Leadership and the abolition of the death penalty / Federico Mayor.
