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  1. Capital Punishment’s Latest Folly nyti.ms/LOVRdR (via @nytimes) #lethalinjection #deathpenalty
  2. Check this video out: The Fight to Prove an Innocent Man Was Executed video.pbs.org/video/22390057… (via @NewsHour) #deathpenalty #thewrongcarlos
  3. MT @AgeorgesSkinner #RhodeIsland Governor Loses Bid for Supreme Court Stay in Showdown over #DeathPenalty goo.gl/1MZAL
  4. RT @AgeorgesSkinner #California defies order to turn over #ExecutionDrug - #LethalInjection #DeathPenalty - goo.gl/agj0Q
  5. #Deathpenalty decision pending in #VernaMcLain case bit.ly/JZl054 (via @statesman)
  6. @NYDNSheridan - thanks!
  7. RT @DPInfoCtr LETHAL INJECTION: Missouri Intends to Use Propofol in One-Drug Lethal Injection dlvr.it/1cqhT9 #deathpenalty
  8. Missouri to use drug made famous by Michael Jackson in executions on.thegrio.com/LA1olM (via @theGrio) #deathpenalty #lethalinjection
  9. Drug Responsible for Michael Jackson's Death is Now Missouri's Choice for Executions bit.ly/KHmISf #deathpenalty #lethalinjection
  10. Check out our new promo and learn how you can support our life-saving work! on.fb.me/TDSpromo #deathpenalty
  11. Fed judge orders mediation btwn Idaho and news orgs challenging policy limiting public access to lethal injection bit.ly/JYYUzL
  12. #Deathpenalty decision pending for #VernaMcClain bit.ly/KgnZ7e (via @HoustonChron)
  13. #CathyLynnHenderson, Convicted of Killing Baby, Could Get New Trial abcn.ws/KHk2nC (via @ABC) #deathpenalty #TXdeathrow
  14. #USSC allows murder retrial after jury deadlock trib.in/Lip52s (via @chicagotribune) #doublejeopardy
  15. #USSC Justices: #Doublejeopardy doesn’t protect against murder retrial wapo.st/KLGtu4 (via @washingtonpost)
  16. Audio of Former Supreme Court Justice #JohnPaulStevens: #deathpenalty does ‘very little good’ thedc.com/KgncDh #USSC
  17. #USSC asked to delay surrender of RI prisoner to feds, where he faces #deathpenalty bo.st/KQVJJx (via @BostonDotCom)
  18. #USSC Allows Retrial on Rejected Charges nyti.ms/MuDTtK (via @adamliptak) #doublejeopardy #SCOTUS
  19. Registry tracks wrongful convictions: 9 out of 10 exonerees were men, half were black bit.ly/Kgl7qR #innocence
  20. The Problem of Wrongful Conviction bit.ly/JyyzUz (via @AustinChronicle) #deathpenalty #innocence #TXdeathrow