US man refers to 'very close race' for presidency just before execution
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Capital Punishment
Petitions in three Irish cities to mark World Death Penalty Day
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Man who weighs over 34 stone says he's too obese to be executed
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Om nom nom
Texas strips death row inmates of 'last meal' privilege
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Troy Davis
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Death Row
Troy Davis' final appeal denied, execution to go ahead
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Voices
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Death Row
Texas man executed despite shooting victim campaigning for his clemency
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LIVE BLOG
Denmark to lobby US states over use of drugs for death penalty
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Death Row
Virginia executes Teresa Lewis by lethal injection