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September has been execution season in the United States. In the past month, Texas executed two …
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The Controversial Willingham Case: What Rick Perry Knew and When
Correction appended
On the day in 2004 that her first cousin Cameron Todd Willingham was scheduled to be executed in Texas, Patricia Cox had good reason to believe he was innocent.
Willingham was convicted of murder for …
Death Penalty Opponents Push to Stall Lethal Injections
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Back when Florida executed prisoners in an electric chair, part of the ritual involved plunging the entire maximum security state prison into total darkness as they switched off the grid and onto backup generators. The purpose of this exercise was to protect Florida Power and Light from possible bad publicity–a …
Cut Off from His Country, Another Foreign National Faces Execution in Texas
Two U.S. Presidents, the State Department and the Justice Department, an assortment of diplomats, military brass, and former judges all want the State of Texas to delay the scheduled July 7 execution of Humberto Leal Garcia Jr. But that may not be enough.
