Execution Tools & Techniques
Publisher: Loompanics Unlimited
Published: December 1990
Place of publication: Port Townsend, WA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9781559500517
Copyright date: 1990
Subjects: General; Capital punishment; Reference; History: World
First sentence: Killing has been a part of history for as long as there has been history. When an individual kills, it’s murder. When the state kills, it’s execution.
Description: This is our blood and guts section. These books are the most gruesome and terrifying of any in our entire catalog. Enjoy!
A chilling examination of capital punishment, including detailed descriptions of all the techniques used by governments to put people to death: Hanging
-- Electrocution
-- Beheading
-- Shooting
-- Gassing
-- Lethal Injection
-- Burning
-- Drowning
-- Entombment
-- Death by Nature
-- And many others, including a section on future technology such as microwaves and lasers.
Notes: Cover Photo: “Waiting,” 1908, Library of Congress Photograph #LC-US262-14621