@article{716777,
      note = {Includes index.},
      author = {Sarat, Austin, and Blumstein, Katherine,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/716777},
      title = {Gruesome spectacles botched executions and America's death  penalty / [electronic resource] :},
      abstract = {"Gruesome Spectacles is a history of botched, mismanaged,  and painful executions in the U.S. from 1890 to 2010. Using  new research, Sarat traces the evolution of methods of  execution that were employed during this time, and were  meant to improve on the methods that went before, from  hanging or firing squad to electrocution to gas and lethal  injection. Even though each of these technologies was  developed to "perfect" state killing by decreasing the  chance of a cruel death, an estimated three percent of all  American executions went awry in one way or another. Sarat  recounts the gripping and truly gruesome stories of some of  these deaths - stories obscured by history and to some  extent, the popular press."--dust jacket.},
      recid = {716777},
      pages = {1 online resource (273 pages)},
}