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The execution of William Bonin was not the traditional gas chamber of the past. That has been ruled cruel and unusual. Instead, we have something that seems very kind and benign and technical the injection of chemicals, Nazi-style.

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Jerry Brown
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: April 7
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