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How Death Penalty Opponents Share the Blame for Botched Executions

They make the procedure more difficult and ugly, and then claim the ugliness and difficulty are problems.

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The Dispatch· Oct 7, 5:01 AMHow Death Penalty Opponents Share the Blame for Botched Executions

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