In Truman Capote's nonfiction novel, In Cold Blood, Perry Smith and Dick Hickcock were convicted of murdering the entire Clutter Family. ... Perry Smith is no exception. ... Mitchell Jones had even said that Perry Smith was "oriented, hyper-alert to things going on about himshowing no sign of confusion."... Joseph Statten of the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas consulted with Dr.Jones and supported his concluding evaluation of Perry. ... "In Cold Blood" entangles the reader in the dark depths of Perry Smith's life. ...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

According to Patricia Smith, Lockett, a man who was convicted of shooting a 19 year old woman and burying her alive, had been sentenced to death by lethal injection, but something went wrong with the dosage. something with the combination of the sedative and paralyzing agent had gone wrong. ... Another example is when it took nearly two hours for Joseph R. ... The reporter had counted 640 gasps before Wood finally died (Smith,1). ...

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School