execution 
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SOURCE: Washington Post
4/24/19
White supremacists dragged James Byrd to his death in 1998. One of them was just executed.
Some community members still talk about the negative impression left by the horrific crime and legal aftermath.
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SOURCE: The Baltimore Sun
9-2-14
There's no such thing as a gentle execution
by Jonathan Zimmerman
We have spent two centuries trying to put people to death without putting them in discomfort. And it hasn't worked.
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