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Pressure mounts on Texas to address brutal heat crisis in prison cells

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By Ed Pilkington Verified
| MSN Verified
Ed Pilkington Texas, the state with the largest prison population in the US, is coming under mounting legal pressure to address the ongoing crisis of brutal heat in its cells, as extreme summer temperatures expose inmates to suffering, illness and even death. The Texas department of criminal justice (TDCJ), the state agency that runs dozens of prisons, has been hit by a new wrongful death lawsuit by the family of Jason Wilson.
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As the US marks 250, does the special relationship still exist – or is the UK just irrelevant?

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By Ed Pilkington Verified
| Yahoo News UK Verified
On 1 June 1785 John Adams travelled to London to become the first US ambassador to Britain, in which capacity he was to meet George III. By his own admission, Adams trembled at the encounter. After all, it had been less than a decade since he helped Thomas Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence denouncing the king as an absolute "tyrant" who had "plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people".
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Death by firing squad: archaic method on the rise in US as Idaho opens new execution chamber

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By Ed Pilkington Verified
| Yahoo Verified
The tangled path of US capital punishment takes a new turn on Wednesday as Idaho becomes the first state to adopt the firing squad as its primary form of execution, embracing the brutal killing technique even as concerns grow that it can inflict excruciating pain and suffering. The state's department of corrections (IDOC) says it has met its deadline, set by the legislature, to have its death chamber at a maximum security prison south of Boise retrofitted and open for business by 1 July.
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