Word: lethally
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...public defenders and, in 2004, hired T.R. Paulding Jr., a lawyer with little capital-case experience who promised to help Ross die. Together, they nearly succeeded. On Oct. 6, with no defense attorneys opposing Ross's execution, the New London Superior Court quickly affirmed his right to die: lethal injection was set for Jan. 26. But his former public defenders--along with lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union, the Missionary Society of Connecticut and Ross's father--argued all the way to the Supreme Court that Ross was incompetent. They were denied every time, but the salvo of challenges...
Unscrupulous winemakers for centuries have added all sorts of strange ingredients to their products in attempts to increase their profits. Now some Austrian vintners have found a method for doctoring plonk that is not only unorthodox but potentially lethal. Last week the Austrian government announced it had impounded more than 1 million gal. of white wine that had been adulterated with diethylene glycol, a chemical used in making aircraft antifreeze that can be fatal if swallowed...
...everyone exposed to the AIDS virus has contracted the disease. Some have developed a flu-like condition known as ARC (AIDS-related complex), which may or may not progress to the more lethal syndrome. Others have so far displayed no symptoms at all but remain capable of spreading the contagion...
...deputy attorney general for organized crime: "You had soldiers from an élite force transferring all the heavy military mystique--the honor, valor, loyalty--to a drug trafficker." After the government captured Cárdenas in 2003, the Zetas had to strike out more on their own. They launched a lethal campaign against Mexican authorities and rival traffickers gunning for control over Cárdenas' former trafficking routes. Mexican officials insist that half the original Zetas have been arrested or killed, but because of intense recruitment and training of hundreds of Zetitas (Little Zetas), the gang has cells scattered around Mexico. They...
...currently negotiating an agreement with the AU under which donations will be used to provide logistical support for the peacekeeping force—but funds will explicitly not be used to purchase lethal weapons...