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DEBI HEISS, on Ohio's execution of 51-year-old Kenneth Biros, who was convicted of murdering Heiss's sister Tami in 1991. The execution was the nation's first lethal injection carried out using a single drug instead of a three-drug cocktail
ELIZABETH MATAKA, U.N. special envoy for AIDS in Africa, on a proposed bill to criminalize homosexuality in Uganda and execute those who test positive for HIV. Because of widespread criticism, the execution provision was removed; the bill is expected to be introduced this month
The death penalty used to be a big deal, important enough to figure prominently in the 1988 presidential debates. Four years later, in 1992, White House aspirant Bill Clinton, then governor of Arkansas, rushed home from the campaign trail to preside over an execution - because that's how politicians proved...
This failed attempt at active spectatorship has deeper ramifications than the superfluous narration. In the most magical and dramatic moment of the musical—Serena’s statue coming to life—the blocking distracts from the beauty of the restoration. The actors peer towards the audience...
Visitors today to the Indonesian capital might find Pram's take extreme. True, men and boys still relieve themselves in Kebon Jahé Kober's sewers. But the small neighborhood, in the middle of Jakarta's bustle, is an oasis of quiet lanes with socks drying on bamboo poles and...