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Suddenly it is becoming quite clear....

By National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

On Jan. 20, 2006 we created a bit of a firestorm when we blogged about some newly issued guidelines from the U.S. Army. It seems that the U.S. Army had updated its execution protocol. Most of the changes were minor with one exception that seemed to stand out. The new protocol ?allows other locations to be used for executions.?(Previously, military executions took place in Leavenworth, Kansas, which is where military death row is located.)You can see the original blog entry here. Reuters did a story on the development, and it was picked up by NPR and the Washington Post, among other outlets.Anyways. So today I was scanning the national AP wire and this caught my eye.Executions May Be Carried Out at Gitmo By MICHAEL MELIA and ANDREW O. SELSKY Associated Press Writers SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- If six suspected terrorists are sentenced to death at Guantanamo Bay for the Sept...continue to full post

Full post as published by Abolish the Death Penalty on February 13, 2008 (boomark / email).