Diann Rust-Tierney

National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty

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Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty; former director of the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project

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Oklahoma is investigating last week's execution of Clayton Lockett — so horribly botched one witness said, "It looked like torture."

The Death Penalty Faces Another Trial

Oklahoma is investigating last week's execution of Clayton Lockett — so horribly botched one witness said, "It looked like torture."

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