Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane by Austin Sarat PAPERBACK

Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution\nby Austin Sarat\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Austin Sarat\nTitle: Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Legal history\nPublisher: Stanford University Press\nPublication year: 2022\nISBN-13: 9781503633537\nISBN-10: 1503633535\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nWith a history marked by incompetence, political maneuvering, and secrecy, America's \""most humane\"" execution method is anything but. \nFrom the beginning of the Republic, this country has struggled to reconcile its use of capital punishment with the Constitution's prohibition of cruel punishment. Death penalty proponents argue both that it is justifiable as a response to particularly heinous crimes, an.