Tried & True? Firing squad, electric chair return in US for (death penalty) 1/31/14

Published on Jan 31, 2014

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lawmakers are looking for alternatives to help them kill.

The lethal-injection drugs used to execute prisoners on death row are in short supply, and there is concern over how effective they are anyway.

But some of the other methods being considered are neither new, or campaigners say, humane.

RT's Marina Portnaya reports.



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