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In U.S. executions, decades of delay, last-minute stays called cruel
By chicagotribune.com - Jim Forsyth | Reuters
Published: 08/27/2012

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas convicted murderer John Balentine made the round trip of 100 miles from death row to the execution chamber and back last week, a journey most condemned inmates make one way.

Set to be executed on Wednesday shortly after 6 p.m. local time, Balentine was transported from his cell in Polunsky, Texas to the execution facility in Huntsville and placed in a small holding cell outside the death chamber.

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