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Murder Incorporated
By Bill Dunne
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons recently designated the U.S. penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana, as the facility at which prisoners sentenced to death by the federal courts will be housed until they are executed by lethal injection. The federal government has never previously maintained a death row. …
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons recently designated the U.S. penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana, as the facility at which prisoners sentenced to death by the federal courts will be housed until they are executed by lethal injection. The federal government has never previously maintained a death row. …
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- Ninth Circuit Upholds Ban on Attorney Contact Visits
- Murder Incorporated, by Bill Dunne
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- Attorneys File Briefs for Peruvian POW's, by Paul Wright
- Third Circuit Announces Rules for Appointment of Counsel
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- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
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- First Federal Execution Postponed, Oct. 15, 2000
- Crack in the Federal Scheme: The October Rebellion of 1995, Oct. 15, 2000
- New Plantation, Feb. 15, 1997
- Murder Incorporated, Feb. 15, 1994
- Dime Down, Jan. 15, 1994
- The Protection of the Law, March 15, 1992
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