Death Work and The Modern Execution Process

The institutionalization of the killing process was an important component of the book's general theme. Johnson described the death penalty as an anachronism that survived in contemporary American society, despite society's popular view of itself as highly civilized, because the brutality and violence inherent in carrying out the death penalty was hidden from the general public's awareness. The impersonal formality provided by the systematic bureaucratization of executions allowed society to remain unaware of the execution process and, thereby, to deny its violence and brutality.

The author provided a brief history of capital punishment and its psychological and moral impact on society. Part one discussed past and present forms of execution. In the first two chapters, Johnson provided a brief survey of the evolution of executions from public events to the private, bureaucratic process it is today.

In part II, Waiting to die, Johnson discussed modern death rows and the experiences of death row inmates. He examined, in detail, the impact of death row confinement and its effect on the th

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