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Only Joan knows for sure — and she’s come dressed as the world’s sexiest senior executioner.
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
TikTok was now the judge, jury and executioner of what’s cute to wear.
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Despite the Atkins decision and Florida’s own law on the issue, death row prisoners claiming to be mentally disabled still face an obstacle of legalisms contrived to favor the executioner.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
The first electrocution in 1890 was botched when executioners struggled to regulate the electric chair, and caused William Kemmler’s hair and skin to burn, an effect repeated in executions as late as the 1990s, Denno wrote.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
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Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
TikTok was now the judge, jury and executioner of what’s cute to wear.
—Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 6 Oct. 2024
Despite the Atkins decision and Florida’s own law on the issue, death row prisoners claiming to be mentally disabled still face an obstacle of legalisms contrived to favor the executioner.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 1 Aug. 2024
The first electrocution in 1890 was botched when executioners struggled to regulate the electric chair, and caused William Kemmler’s hair and skin to burn, an effect repeated in executions as late as the 1990s, Denno wrote.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Executioner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executioner. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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