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A Cruel and Unusual Punishment: The Gas Chamber
By Tess Walsh 39 years ago this week, the United States gas chamber tortured a prisoner to death in a botched execution that added weight to the charge that the death penalty is unconstitutional. Today, the gas chamber remains available for use in four states and with botched lethal injections and US-wide drug supply issues, […]