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Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty
Austin Sarat
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Description for Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: LATC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
Gruesome Spectacles tells the sobering history of botched, mismanaged, and painful executions in the U.S. from 1890 to the present. Since the book'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 the book in its recent opinion, Glossip v. Gross. ... Read more
Gruesome Spectacles tells the sobering history of botched, mismanaged, and painful executions in the U.S. from 1890 to the present. Since the book'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 the book in its recent opinion, Glossip v. Gross. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford Law Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804799454
SKU
V9780804799454
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About Austin Sarat
Austin Sarat is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College. Sarat has written for numerous academic and trade publications, and his books include: When the State Kills (2001), Mercy on Trial (2005) and Re-imagining To Kill a Mockingbird (2013).
Reviews for Gruesome Spectacles: Botched Executions and America's Death Penalty
Absolutely eloquently written.
Ray Paternoster
The Historian
Austin Sarat's spellbinding book has captured the spirit of his agile mind. Gruesome Spectacles is provocatively written and sure to keep readers keenly interested in the captivating stories of many death row prisoners. This book will hook you from the first chapter and continue to fascinate you throughout ... Read more
Ray Paternoster
The Historian
Austin Sarat's spellbinding book has captured the spirit of his agile mind. Gruesome Spectacles is provocatively written and sure to keep readers keenly interested in the captivating stories of many death row prisoners. This book will hook you from the first chapter and continue to fascinate you throughout ... Read more