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Secrets of the Killing State: The Untold Story of Lethal Injection A Book Talk with Corinna Barrett Lain
- Date:
- September 29, 2025
- Start:
- 4:30pm
- End:
- 6:00pm
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- Location:
- CCJ 2.306 (Eidman Courtroom)
- Event type:
- Panel Discussion / Speaker Series
- For more info:
- https://law.utexas.edu/capitalpunishment/events/
Join us for a conversation with Professor Corinna Barrett Lain on her new book, Secrets of the Killing State, which exposes the hidden history of lethal injection in America. Drawing on years of meticulous research, Professor Lain reveals a system marked by secrecy, law-breaking, and systemic failures. Her work challenges the widely held belief that lethal injection is a humane and reliable method of execution.
The book has already received wide acclaim. Bryan Stevenson, author of Just Mercy and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, calls it “disturbing, devastating and an urgent must read.”
Professor Lain is the S. D. Roberts & Sandra Moore Professor of Law at the University of Richmond, one of the nation’s leading authorities on capital punishment. A former prosecutor and U.S. Army sergeant, she lectures widely and has published extensively in top law journals on criminal justice and the death penalty.
The event is free and open to the public.
Hosted by the Capital Punishment Center at the University of Texas School of Law.
- Specific audiences:
- Texas Law students
- Prospective students
- Texas Law alumni
- Faculty
- Staff
- General public
- Sponsored by:
- Capital Punishment Center
If you need an accommodation to participate in this event, please contact the sponsor listed above or the Texas Law Special Events Office at specialevents@law.utexas.edu no later than seven business days prior to the event.