For opponents of the death penalty, the families of the condemned represent another class of victims that should be considered in the debate over capital punishment. It is their voices that are presented by King (of the American Civil Liberties Union's Capital Punishment Project) in this volume, which combines excerpts of interviews with narrative text in order to tell the stories of nine families who experienced the execution of a loved one. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)