definition

Examples of definition
1. "These public executions were called vulgar spectacles, which meant not that the execution itself was vulgar, but that the people witnessing it did not act in a seemly or dignified manner" 2. Definition of vulgar 3. Page 218 4. Sarah Villareal


 * 1) "I later learn that a spirtiual adviser...witness the executation."
 * 2) This quote explains the difference between a "spiritual adviser" and a "friend" according to the Louisiana state penitentiary.
 * 3) Page 23
 * 4) Emily Strand


 * 1) "Amnesty International defines torture as the extreme physical and mental assault on a person"
 * 2) This is the definition of torture by an international agency.
 * 3) Pg. 105
 * 4) Sarah Villareal

1. As if, when they strap you down on the gurney, your arms outstretched, waiting for the silent fluid to flow--the sodium pentothal, which comes first to make you unconscious so you do not feel the pancuronium bromide when it paralyzes your diaphragm and stops your breathing and the potassium chloride which causes cardiac arrest and stops your heart--as if you feel the terror of death any less because chemicals are being used to kill you instead of electricity or bullets or rope? 2. This quotes explains what lethal injection does to one's body 3. pg 217 4. Lizzie Gibbs