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Mr. Book just finished Secrets Of The Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection, by Corinna Barrett Lain.

This book will be released on April 22, 2025.

This book was an excellent look at the horrors of lethal injection. The author made an extremely strong case for how inhumane that method of punishment is. There is no way that someone could read this book and not be convinced that it is the very definition of cruel and unusual punishment.

The book backs up its claims with both anectodal and medical evidence, along with plenty of information from people involved in the system.

Out of all of the books that I have read on the death penalty, this was the best one.

I give this book an A+ and inducted it into the Hall of Fame.

Goodreads and NetGalley require grades on a 1-5 star system. In my personal conversion system, an A+ equates to 5 stars. (A or A+: 5 stars, B+: 4 stars, B: 3 stars, C: 2 stars, D or F: 1 star).

This review has been posted at NetGalley, Goodreads and my blog, Mr. Book’s Book Reviews

Mr. Book finished reading this on November 3, 2024.