3 Executions In Less Than 24 Hours.

7 weeks after the botched Oklahoma execution, DP sentences are being carried out with a ... vengeance.

Three states, three convicted killers, three executions in a row.

On Wednesday, Florida became the third state in 24 hours to execute an inmate on death row, signaling that capital punishment in the U.S. was clear to continue with the Supreme Court's blessing after a botched execution in Oklahoma in April brought widespread criticism and scrutiny to the practice.

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His death came shortly after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas denied Henry's appeal for a stay of execution Wednesday. Henry, who once scored 78 on an IQ test, had argued that he was too mentally disabled to be executed.

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http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-florida-execution-20140618-story.html

Will this country ever join the ranks of nations that have banned this hideous, unfair, sick practice?

I don't see that on the horizon.