Description: Gruesome Spectacles : Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty, Paperback by Sarat, Austin; Blumstein, Katherine (CON); Jones, Aubrey (CON); Richard, Heather (CON); Sprung-Keyser, Madeline (CON), ISBN 0804799458, ISBN-13 9780804799454, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US Gruesome Spectacles tells the sobering history of botched, mismanaged, and painful executions in the . from 1890 to the present. Since th's initial publication in 2014, the cruel and unusual executions of a number of people on death row, including Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma and Joseph Wood in Arizona, have made headlines and renewed vigorous debate surrounding the death penalty in America. Austin Sarat's book instantly became an essential resource for citizens, scholars, and lawmakers interested in capital punishment—even the Supreme Court, which cited th in its recent opinion, Glossip v. Gross. Now in paperback, th includes a new preface outlining the latest twists and turns in the death penalty debate, including the recent galvanization of citizens and leaders alike as recent botched executions have unfolded in the press. Sarat argues that unlike in the past, today's botched executions seem less like inexplicable mishaps and more like the latest symptoms of a death penalty machinery in disarray. Gruesome Spectacles traces the historical evolution of methods of execution, from hanging or firing squad to electrocution to gas and lethal injection. Even though each of these technologies was developed to "perfect" state killing by decreasing the chance of a cruel death, an estimated three percent of all American executions went awry in one way or another. Sarat recounts the gripping and truly gruesome stories of some of these deaths—stories obscured by history and to some extent, the popular press.
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Book Title: Gruesome Spectacles : Botched Executions and America's Death Pena
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Gruesome Spectacles : Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Item Height: 0.8 in
Subject: Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Penology
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Austin Sarat
Subject Area: Law, Social Science
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
