Unprecedented burst of executions re-inflamed opposition to death penalty,with some reporting disturbing signs of distress as men were being killed[br]Inside the chamber: I was watching him breathe heavily and arch his back’Lawyers for the four men executed by Arkansas in the past week were set on Friday to ask a federal judge to force the state to preserve evidence from its death chamber. The request, the first step towards a thorough investigation, or came amid fears that the prisoners might maintain been subjected to excruciating pain,tantamount to torture.
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Source: theguardian.com