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Secrets of the Killing State : The Untold Story of Lethal Injection.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lain, Corinna.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lethal injection (Execution)--United States.
- Lethal injection (Execution).
- Capital punishment--United States.
- Capital punishment.
- Executions and executioners--United States.
- Executions and executioners.
- Justice, Administration of--United States--Criminal provisions.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (382 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- "Lethal injection is nothing like what you think. These are the Secrets of the Killing State. This is its untold story-a story of incompetence, law-breaking, lies and malfeasance, all covered by a heavy layer of secrecy"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The Execution of Clayton Lockett
- Faux Science
- Torturous Drugs
- An Exceedingly Delicate, Error-Prone Process
- Inept Executioners
- The Drug Supplier Saga
- The Medical Profession Mandate
- The Prison Problem
- The Secrecy Solution.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781479833009
- 1479833002
- OCLC:
- 1505735896
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