Scenes From an Execution
“Scenes From an Execution” A magazine article published in 1998 by The Nation and Vanity Fair titled “Scenes from an Execution,” by Christopher Hitchens, is very successful in an effort to persuade one against the death penalty. ... One point he makes is that an inmate could be waiting for a long period of time before the actual execution is carried out. ... The execution of Kirt Wainwright is a prime example of an inmate waiting for a long period of time before being executed. ... He laid there waiting for the Supreme Court to finish deliberating his last-minute appeal before Justice Clarence Thomas called the prison to inform them they could continue with the execution after all.