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...will be allowed one last phone call. He will be given a glass of water, a moment to pray and an opportunity to make a statement about his life and crimes. The entire event will be recorded on video to be stored in the Iraqi government archives. Then his neck will be slipped into the noose of a 2-in.-thick hemp rope. A few moments later, his life will...
...Iraq--at least when the equipment works. Since the Iraqi government reintroduced capital punishment in 2004, several executions have been beset by glitches and logistical snafus. At first, executioners used an old rope left over from Saddam's regime that stretched too much to break the condemned's neck; it sometimes took as long as eight minutes for the hanged to die. New ropes brought in for later executions jerked harder on the convicted person's spine, but executioners soon noticed the cords fraying on the bend of the reinforced steel installed in the cement ceiling of the gallows. During...
Shapiro was rushed to Mount Auburn Hospital by paramedics following the accident and released three hours later. She said she suffered a contusion on her left elbow and stiffness in her neck...
...worked with Russell Crowe on Gladiator, on this film and on your next, American Gangster. Is he more puppy dog or pain in the neck...
...think we're both pains in the neck. That's probably why we get on. Really, what it is is Russell is very smart and therefore asks all sorts of assertive and intelligent questions, so if you're not ready you're going to get caught in the cross fire. So you'd better be ready. I'm used to him now. He's fundamentally a bit of a puppy...