This volume collects excerpts of four Congressional Research Service reports concerned with the death penalty. The reports, which are available for free online, review capital punishment legislation in the 110th Congress, provide an overview of federal death penalty statutes, and review Supreme Court death penalty decisions for the 2005-2006 term and the 2006-2007 term. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)