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  • Death Chamber Unusually Quiet in Texas

    10/20/2003 5:46:39 AM PDT · by Theodore R. · 4 replies · 189+ views
    Monroe, LA, News-Star ^ | 10-20-03 | Graczyk, Michael, AP
    Death Chamber Unusually Quiet in Texas By MICHAEL GRACZYK Associated Press Writer HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- The state is in the midst of its longest break in executions in seven years, a lull some attribute to coincidence but others say may be due to recent changes affecting death row prisoners. So far this year, 21 convicted killers have been put to death in the nation's busiest death chamber, the last in September. But no one is on Texas' execution calendar again until December, when four are planned in about a week's time. The last time the state went so long...