Gruesome spectacles : Botched executions and America's death penalty

By:

Sarat Austin

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Publication details: California Standford Law Books 2014Description: 273pISBN:

9780804789165

Subject(s):

1. Capital Punishment - U S A 2. Executions and Executioners

DDC classification:

364.660973 SAR

Contents:

Contents: The mere extinguishment of life? : technological efficiency, botched executions and the legitimacy of capital punishment in the United States -- A clumsy, inefficient, inhuman thing : death by hanging -- When science fails : electrocution -- A short and unhappy history : the gas chamber -- "How enviable a quiet death" : lethal injection -- Botched executions and the struggle to end capital punishment.

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Contents: The mere extinguishment of life? : technological efficiency, botched executions and the legitimacy of capital punishment in the United States --
A clumsy, inefficient, inhuman thing : death by hanging --
When science fails : electrocution --
A short and unhappy history : the gas chamber --
"How enviable a quiet death" : lethal injection --
Botched executions and the struggle to end capital punishment.

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