Lethal Injection and the False Promise of Humane Execution

Lethal injection was first introduced in order to quell objections about cruel and unusual methods used in state executions, but its ability to deliver painless and humane death has never been certain. This book traces the rise, fall, and resurgence of lethal injection in the United States, scrutinizing, especially, the new drug protocols that went into effect between 2010 and 2020. What was once touted as America's most humane execution method is now its most unreliable one, marked by mish...