Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents xi
3. CHAPTER 1. The Mere Extinguishment of Life? 1
4. CHAPTER 2. A Clumsy, Inefficient, Inhuman Thing 30
5. CHAPTER 3. When Science Fails 61
6. CHAPTER 4. A Short and Unhappy History 90
7. CHAPTER 5. “How Enviable a Quiet Death” 117
8. CHAPTER 6. Botched Executions and the Struggle to End Capital Punishment 146
9. Appendix A. Numbers of Botched Executions by Time Period and Method of Execution 177
10. Appendix B. Botched Executions from 1890 to 2010 179
11. Acknowledgments 211
12. A Note on Collaboration 212
13. Notes 213
14. Index 259