STANFORD
UNIVERSITY PRESS
  



Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution
Austin Sarat

BUY THIS BOOK

External Links


Fifty Years Ago, the Supreme Court Tried to Reduce Racial Bias in the Death Penalty. Did It Work?


Executions by firing squad are beneath this country’s dignity


Aborted Tennessee Execution Highlights Lethal Injection’s Crippling Problems


Leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade shows Supreme Court out of touch with America


No, This Isn’t the Moment to Push for Gun Control. But It Can Be Done.


Failures in Tennessee and Oklahoma offer new evidence of America’s execution problems


Austin Sarat's "Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution"


The Supreme Court’s Unusual Move on the Death Penalty


Parkland shooter’s death penalty trial poses severe test for opponents of capital punishment


The Supreme Court’s Cold Indifference in Alabama Death Penalty Case


Why the Parkland Jury Chose Not to Sentence Nikolas Cruz to Death


Alabama Wants to Become the Second State in 76 Years to Get an Execution Do-Over


South Carolina Judge Bars State Executions Method Similar to “Being Burned Alive” and “Torture”


Is lethal injection humane? With Dr. Austin Sarat


50 years after landmark death penalty case, Supreme Court’s ruling continues to guide execution debate


Cover-Up, Double-Talk, and Trial and Error Mark Lethal Injection’s Current Crisis


Oklahoma, with a history of botched lethal injections, prepares to start executing a man a month


Alabama’s Latest Botched State Killing Once Again Shows the Cruelest Method of Execution


South Carolina Case Puts the Electric Chair and the Firing Squad on Trial


Mercy for justice: Why Missouri should stop nation's first execution of transgender woman


Alabama and Lethal Injection Issues


GOP governor’s study offers backstage view into negligence and cruelty of lethal injection process


Alabama Supreme Court clears the way for more cruelty in execution


Why Ron DeSantis wants to make Florida America’s leading death penalty state


Arizona case shows governors don’t have to carry out executions, even after a court issues a death warrant


Alabama rushes to resume executions — but hasty "investigation" feels more like a cover-up


Arizona death penalty case will determine whether a private citizen can compel an execution


Please note that links, video, and audio displayed on this page may come from sources outside of Stanford University Press.