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Padded gurney with black restraints and IV stands, used for lethal injection, sits in a bare room with white cinder block walls at the New Mexico state penitentiary. Louis XVI: Execution by guillotine Protestors at an anti-death penalty rally hold signs, including a large banner reading Stop Executions, with people of various ages standing and sitting in a public square. Capital punishment Protesters in front of the US Supreme Court hold signs reading Free Mumia and Abolish the Death Penalty during a demonstration for Mumia Abu-Jamal. protest against capital punishment
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The death penalty
Lethal-injection room.
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Louis XVI: Execution by guillotine
The execution of Louis XVI in 1793.
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anti-death penalty protests
Protesters demonstrating against the death penalty.
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Death penalty protest, 2000
Anti-death penalty protesters demonstrating in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in...
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protest against capital punishment
A group of people in the U.S. state of California attending a protest against capital...
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Capital punishment
The legal status of capital punishment in each of the 50 U.S. states.
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