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Tuesday, October 23, 2012  An Ohio prison warden says the state's execution table can easily hold a condemned inmate who has argued he's so big the table might collapse.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  An Ohio Supreme Court committee studying the state's capital punishment law plans to vote on recommendations Thursday requiring the collection of data to detect racial bias in death penalty cases.

Thursday, October 13, 2011  Florida lawmaker wants to end lethal injection and bring back the electric chair or firing squads

Tuesday, August 16, 2011  The Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in a shooting spree and bomb attack last month is under arrest, but thanks to the country's cushy penal system, he will not face death and may only serve a few decades in one of the world’s most humane jails.

Monday, November 08, 2010  Updated with AP video: Connecticut man condemned to death for home invasion killings of woman, 2 daughters

Friday, June 18, 2010  UPDATED with AP video. The 49-year-old Gardner was shot by a team of five anonymous marksmen with a matched set of .30-caliber rifles early Friday. A barrage of bullets tore into Gardner's chest where a target was pinned over his heart.