Using a question-and-answer format, this engaging book discusses the process of capital punishment as well as the personal aspects and experiences involving those to whom it is applied and those who conduct the executions. This book analyses the effects capital punishment has in everyone involved in capital punishment. It addresses the questions and concerns of everyday people in a straightforward manner, such as what living on death row is like, and why executions are so costly, etc. For anyone interested in criminal justice particularly capital punishment.