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Thursday, May 3, 2001
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Independent Radio Producer David Isay Releases the Only Recordings of Executions Ever Made in the United States
Radio producer Dave Isay yesterday released "The Execution Tapes," 19 recordings of the 23 electrocutions carried outby the state of Georgia since 1984. They are the only recordings of executions in the United States.
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Recordings of An Execution: The Electrocution of a Mentally Retarded Man
In 1989, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the execution of persons with mental retardation did not constitute crueland unusual punishment. Writing for the majority in the 5-4 case, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor concluded that therewas no national consensus against such executions because only two states prohibited them. Since then, the number ofstates that legislatively exempt mentally retarded persons from the death penalty has grown to fourteen. Arizonaadopted the law only one week ago. The federal government also bans such executions.
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Democracy Now! Broadcasts for the First Time a Complete Recording of a Botched Execution;and, the Final Statements of Three Condemned Men
In this recording, DN broadcasts for the first time, a botched execution, that is, an execution that had to be"re-initiated," in which the condemned man is still alive after being electrocuted for two minutes, requiring that hebe electrocuted again.
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