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Witness to 189 electrocutions seeks end to death penalty
Don Reid, longtime Huntsville Item editor, has witnessed 189 executions in Texas since 1937. He now calls the death penalty unlawful in its current form and hopes Supreme Court guidance will end the practice. Reid fears the chair and recalls the terror of the death chamber as he urges abolition or restraint in state justice.
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