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Dead Man Waking
Is it possible Timothy McVeigh was fully alert and utterly sentient when potassium chloride shot through his leg and stopped his heart? The tear witnesses saw well up in his left eye suggests that he might have been very conscious as lethal drugs burned his veins, took his breath, and …
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More from this issue:
- The Deadly Health Services of Naphcare in Alabama, by Lonnie Burton
- Temporary Injunction Issued in Alabama Suit
- Crime Control as Industry: Towards Gulags, Western Style, by Peter Wagner
- Wackenhut's Legacy of Shame in Austin
- New Study Rejects Link Between Prisons and Economic Growth
- Hawaii: High Recidivism for Mainland Prisoners
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Scandal-Ridden, Bankrupt MCI WorldCom Wins No-Bid California Prisoner Phone Contract, by Marvin Mentor
- $500,000 Settlement in Connecticut Suicide
- Dead Man Waking, by Bruce Shapiro
- Family Awarded $229,000 Against CMS in Illinois Hepatitis C Jail Death
- Honduras Prison Massacre: What Really Happened
- Cheap Mexican Prison Labor Exploited by U.S. Firms
- Michigan Visiting Rules Upheld by U.S. Supreme Court, by Robert Woodman
- Thomas and Scalia Flunk History, by Scott Christianson
- Federal Appeals Courts Address Finality of Dismissals, Grievance Contents
- Washington SCC Injunction and Contempt Order Upheld
- Director of Florida's Private Prison Commisssion Resigns, Fined $10,000 for Ethics Violations
- Eight Washington Prison Premises Liabilities Claims Settled for $35,058
- Nebraska Prisons Get Progressive Phone Contract
- Washington DOC Settles Failure to Protect Case for $13,000
- Nebraska Prisons Get Progressive Phone Contract, by John E Dannenberg
- Kansas Sheriff, Lawyer, Jailed for Sweetheart Jail Contract
- Washington Retaliation Suit Settled for $2,500
- California Taxpayer Action Forces Private Employer to Pay Prisoners Prevailing Wages, by John E Dannenberg
- Washington Posts Health Care Provider Information Online
- U.S. Supreme Court: Reviving Expired Statute of Limitations Violates Ex Post Facto
- California Prisoner Who Received First Heart Transplant Dies
- PLRA Physical Injury Rule Not Applicable in Non-Prison State Cases
- First Amendment Protects Witnessing of California Executions, by John E Dannenberg
- Survivors of North Carolina Jail Fire Settle for $1.94 Million
- Receipt of Federal Funds Waives Eleventh Amendment Immunity for Rehabilitation Act
- Diagnosis, Not Exposure, Triggers Limitation Period in HCV Action
- Stun Belt Prejudice Reverses California Conviction, by John E Dannenberg
- PLRA Does Not Apply to Challenges to Civil Commitment
- News in Brief
- Pendency of Federal Lawsuit Doesn't Toll 31-Day Texas Limitations
- Seventh Circuit Reverses BOP's Denial of Death Row Prisoner's Interviews
More from Bruce Shapiro:
- Dead Man Waking, Oct. 15, 2003
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- Trump Approves Firing Squads for Federal Executions, May 1, 2026. Death Penalty, Domestic Violence, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Method of Execution, Hate Crimes.
- Texas Prisoner Declared Innocent 70 Years After Execution, March 1, 2026. Racial Discrimination, Death Penalty, False Confessions, Eyewitness Identification, Prosecutorial Misconduct.
- Dissenter Excoriates SCOTUS for Denying Certiorari in Challenge to Constitutionality of Nitrogen Hypoxia Execution, Feb. 1, 2026. Death Penalty, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights, Capital Punishment, Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Method of Execution.
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- Oklahoma Prisoner Found Unconscious in Cell Hours After Avoiding Execution, Dec. 1, 2025. Public Defenders, Pardons/Clemency, Life without Parole (LWOP), Death Penalty, Effective Assistance of Counsel.
- Missouri Blocks Spiritual Advisors from Prison Pastor’s Execution, Nov. 1, 2025. Pardons/Clemency, Death Penalty, Lethal Injection Method of Execution, Religious Freedom/Worship, Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
- Eleventh Circuit Overturns 1990 Alabama Death Sentence Over Racially Biased Jury Selection; ACLU Report Shows It Is Still Happening, Nov. 1, 2025. Racial Discrimination, Habeas Corpus, Death Penalty, Batson Claims, Racial Bias Exception.
- In the Killing Chamber, Oct. 1, 2025. Death Penalty, Death Row.
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