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Trump is backing away from police reform. Here’s what that means for 12 places

Commercial Appeal 24 Mar 2025
After receiving a complaint about Black men staying at a White woman’s house in Rankin County, just east of Jackson, Mississippi, six law enforcement officers — who called themselves the “Goon Squad” — broke into the home and tortured two men.
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Tennessee has paid $600,000 for lethal injection drugs, but specific details remain secret

Commercial Appeal 20 Mar 2025
Inmate chooses death by firing squad for execution. Death row inmate Brad Sigmon has chosen to die by firing squad after being convicted for the deaths of his ex-girlfriend's parents.
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The End Times (w/ Ray McGovern)

Scheerpost 20 Mar 2025
Original to ScheerPost ... Credits. Host.. Robert Scheer. Executive Producer.. Joshua Scheer. Video Producer.. Max Jones. Introduction.. Diego Ramos. Transcript ... He said so ... Okay ... I have to always point out you were not one of the killer squad or the torture squad ... .
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Pakistan: Paank condemns extrajudicial killings of two individuals in Balochistan

Beijing News 14 Mar 2025
Paank, the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement, has strongly condemned the extrajudicial killings of Nizam Baloch and Shahnawaz, the son of Muhammad Hayat, who were executed by state-supported death squads in Balochistan.
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After 15 years, South Carolina carries out first firing squad execution in US

The News International 08 Mar 2025
Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by a firing squad, saying he feared the alternatives of the electric chair or lethal injection would risk a slower and more torturous death.
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South Carolina double murderer Brad Sigmon becomes first US death row inmate to die by ...

New York Post 08 Mar 2025
The firing squad was not visible to the roughly 12 witnesses who were seated in a room separated from the chamber by bullet-resistant glass ... Sigmon chose the firing squad, believing that he’d die a torturous death from lethal injections.
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South Carolina to carry out first firing squad execution in US in 15 years

CyprusMail 07 Mar 2025
Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by a firing squad, saying he feared the alternatives of the electric chair or lethal injection would risk a slower and more torturous death ... by firing squad since ...
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South Carolina moves ahead with ‘cruel’ firing squad execution despite outcry

AOL 07 Mar 2025
... injection or firing squad ... A South Carolina judge previously said the firing squad method “constitutes torture” and the person was “likely to be conscious for a minimum of 10 seconds after impact”.
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Adnan Syed to stay free after judge decides on time served in 'Serial' murder case

York News-Times 07 Mar 2025
This film focuses on the torturers in the Indonesian mass killings in the 1960s. The death squads recreated their hideous acts from decades before for the camera, after filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer ...
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