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The Luxury of Execution in America begins as a report that examines the death penalty from its earliest recorded beginning around the 18th century BC. Employing references from that era, including the Hammaurabi Code, which is regarded as the first known record of the law, The Luxury of Execution in America illustrates efforts to define the reasons and application of the death penalty as well as the methods employed. The discussion includes descriptions of a variety of instruments and the use of animals to render as much pain as possible to the condemned before death. Also considered is today’s use of deadly drugs with the idea that the condemned not experience pain at all.