Austin Sarat Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution 9781503633537

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Автор: Austin Sarat
Название: Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution
ISBN: 9781503633537
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация: ISBN-10: 1503633535
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 194
Вес: 0.00 кг.
Дата издания: 28.06.2022
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 152
Ключевые слова: Criminal law & procedure,History of the Americas,Legal history, HISTORY / United States / General,LAW / Criminal Law / General,LAW / Legal History
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Поставляется из: Англии
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With a history marked by incompetence, political maneuvering, and secrecy, Americas most humane execution method is anything but.

From the beginning of the Republic, this country has struggled to reconcile its use of capital punishment with the Constitutions prohibition of cruel punishment. Death penalty proponents argue both that it is justifiable as a response to particularly heinous crimes, and that it serves to deter others from committing them in the future. However, since the earliest executions, abolitionists have fought against this state-sanctioned killing, arguing, among other things, that the methods of execution have frequently been just as gruesome as the crimes meriting their use. Lethal injection was first introduced in order to quell such objections, but, as Austin Sarat shows in this brief history, its supporters commitment to painless and humane death has never been certain.

This book tells the story of lethal injections earliest iterations in the United States, starting with New York states rejection of that execution method almost a century and half ago. Sarat recounts lethal injections return in the late 1970s, and offers novel and insightful scrutiny of the new drug protocols that went into effect between 2010 and 2020. Drawing on rare data, he makes the case that lethal injections during this time only became more unreliable, inefficient, and more frequently botched. Beyond his stirring narrative history, Sarat mounts a comprehensive condemnation of the state-level maneuvering in response to such mishaps, whereby death penalty states adopted secrecy statutes and adjusted their execution protocols to make it harder to identify and observe lethal injections flaws.

What was once touted as Americas most humane execution method is now its most unreliable one. What was once a model of efficiency in the grim business of state killing is now marked by mayhem. The book concludes by critically examining the place of lethal injection, and the death penalty writ large, today.

Дополнительное описание: 1. One Week in the World of Lethal Injection
2. The Origins of Lethal Injection
3. The Collapse of the Original Paradigm
4. A Decade of Mishaps
5. State Responses
6. Failure, Reform, and the Future

Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution, Austin Sarat