Bibliograph

Gruesome spectacles, botched executions and America's death penalty, Austin Sarat

Type

Label

Gruesome spectacles, botched executions and America's death penalty, Austin Sarat

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gruesome spectacles

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

862928914

Responsibility statement

Austin Sarat

Sub title

botched executions and America's death penalty

Table Of 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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