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Public executions in the US were once a community spectacle and then they stopped

Public executions in the US were once a community spectacle and then they stopped
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By HALLIE GOLDEN The Associated Press For about nine decades, executions in the U.S. have been private affairs, often shrouded in secrecy. The stunning Pentagon announcement Thursday that the first military execution in more than 65 years will be livestreamed could change that. Allowing the world...

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