The peculiar institution of American executions -- The "Death Belt" : Florida to Texas -- Louisiana : the expulsion of taboo -- The Mississippi gas chamber : a special kind of person -- The execution of Jimmy Lee Gray -- Randomness : the making of a modern executioner -- As fate would have it : the making of a reluctant executioner -- I don't want to do this anymore : the executions of Edward Earl Johnson and Connie Ray Evans -- Have you ever thought about changing jobs? : The execution of Leo Edwards.
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