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082 _a364.660973
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100 _aSarat Austin
245 _aGruesome spectacles : Botched executions and America's death penalty
260 _aCalifornia
_bStandford Law Books
_c2014
300 _a273p
365 _b Rs. 1,439
505 _aContents: 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.
650 _a1. Capital Punishment - U S A 2. Executions and Executioners
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