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Judge halts planned Friday execution of Kansas girl's killer

by Associated Press
| August 27, 2020 4:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge in Washington halted the federal government's planned Friday execution of a man who kidnapped, raped and killed a 10-year-old Kansas girl, saying the law requires the government to get a prescription for the drug it plans to use.

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