In the book, Pat's and Robert's faces were both covered with a cloth as they were being electrocuted. ... If Robbins would have stayed true to the book and used electrocution, Matt" physical reactions to the electricity would have been to grotesque to portray in a movie. ... In the book, Dead Man Walking, Helen portrays the method as gruesome to watch. She notes instances where smoke came from the person's body, and the have to wear a mask because their eyes pop out. ...

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Barry Nakell, the author of the book, The Arbitrariness of the Death Penalty, notes that capital punishment is arbitrarily administered. ... In a New York Times story, Lewin notes that if the defendant is poor and cannot afford proper legal counsel, prosecutors think it is to their advantage to seek capital punishment (1-5). ...

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