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| a method of execution in which the condemned was hung, causing either the neck to break or death by asphyxiation |
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| a person undergoing execution is strapped to the chair & electrodes are attached to the person's body; the person is then subjected to a 15 to 30-second jolt of between 500 and 2,450 volts of electricity |
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| the use of cyanide gas to execute someone placed in an airtight chamber & strapped to a chair |
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| a method of execution by which the condemned was strapped & shot by a firing squad |
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| using this method, the condemned person is administered drugs that paralyze the muscular system & stop the person's breathing, followed by another drug that stops the heart |
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| the assumption that rather than deterring homicides, they actually increase following executions |
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| death penalty information center |
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| major (partisan) source of information on the death penalty in the United States |
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| functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) |
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| the fMRI is the workhorse of neuroimaging used to assess the functioning of a person's brain while engaged in some task |
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