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010 _a 2013043599
020 _a9780804789165 (cloth : alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aHV8699.U5
_bS268 2014
082 0 0 _a364.660973
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100 1 _aSarat, Austin,
245 1 0 _aGruesome spectacles :
_bbotched executions and America's death penalty /
_cAustin Sarat.
264 1 _aStanford, California :
_bStanford University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a273 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe 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 0 _aExecutions and executioners
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
650 0 _aCapital punishment
_zUnited States
_xHistory.
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