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Tennessee set to electrocute inmate with documented mental illness on Wednesday: Dan Barry has this article on the TimesSelect (i.e., pay-to-view) section of the New York Times website, entitled "En route to death, killer still lives by his code: His behavior may seem strange, but it is part of the reason why Daryl Keith Holton is heading to the electric chair in Tennessee this week."  (Article is viewable for free via this link to a Minneapolis Star Tribune re-post.) Excerpt:Daryl Holton shaved his head clean a couple of months ago. He thought he could retain some control in this small way. But he also wanted to save the corrections officers the trouble. "I wouldn't want them to leave with a feeling of guilt," he says, speaking from the other side with his hands and feet shackled...continue to full post

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