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Judge blocks states from importing drug used in executions
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Arkansas execution law declared unconstitutional
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Old sparky 2011 10 13

A leather arm strap of 'Old Sparky,' the decommissioned electric chair in which 361 prisoners were executed between 1924 and 1964, is pictured at the Texas Prison Museum in Huntsville, Texas, in Nov. 2007.

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