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So Long Old Sparky

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That's the title of an article in the Economist regarding the Nebraska Supreme Court ruling the state's electric chair unconstitutional.  LINKIN 1999 Raymond Mata junior killed his ex-girlfriend's three-year-old son. He dismembered the body and fed part of the remains to his dog. But when sentenced to death he appealed. His state, Nebraska, planned to send him to the electric chair. He considered that a cruel and unusual way to go. On February 8th the state's highest court agreed. It declared the electric chair unconstitutional. The decision marks the end of?to non-Americans?one of the country's iconic objects. Nebraska was the only state still using electrocution as its sole means of execution. Other states with capital punishment prefer lethal injections...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on February 15, 2008 (boomark / email).