Death-penalty opponents decry inmate's wait

Thursday, May 19, 2005

ST. LOUIS -- Death-penalty opponents objected to an inmate's three hours strapped to a gurney before his execution, saying the wait adds grist to their claims that death by injection is inhumane.

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