Dark Executions: The Connection Of Execution Methods And Modern-Day Executioners

The primary means of execution in the U.S. have been hanging, electrocution, the gas chamber, firing squad, and lethal injection. The Supreme Court has never found a method of execution to be unconstitutional, though some methods have been declared unconstitutional by state courts. The predominance of lethal injection as the preferred means of execution in all states in the modern era may have put off any judgment by the Court regarding older methods.



From hangings to beheading to lethal injections, this book brilliantly outlines the shocking, often-cruel conduits connecting early execution methods with modern-day executioners.