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| A judge in Texas struck down claims that the death penalty in that state was "cruel and unusual." | |
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| "Sure, it's cruel," the judge said, "but we kill hundreds of them bastards per year, so it ain't all that unusual." | |
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| Texas is currently the only state whose death penalty is carried out by putting the condemned in a gopher suit and having him dart around a field while rich businessmen shoot at him. | |
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