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Sarah Smith and Jeff Amy, Hartford Courant: World
Wed, 03/29/2017 - 7:52am

Lawmakers want Mississippi to change how it handles executions, with changes meant to overcome legal challenges to execution drugs, and possibly allow the state to use electrocution and the firing squad as death penalty methods. The Senate agreed on Tuesday to changes to HB 638, sending it to Gov....

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