The 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.
Gruesome spectacles : botched executions and America's death penalty by Austin Sarat. ISBN 9780804789165. Published by Stanford Law Books in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.