McVeigh's other attorney, Nathan Chambers, told CNN there is no standard for autopsy in federal executions because the last federal execution occurred 38 years ago.

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There is one man who can stop the execution, a man who Tookie met 30 years ago when they were both bodybuilders and who is now governor of California - Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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And then in the statement of fact his - two of his co-defendants signed about a week ago, they acknowledged that Vick participated in the execution of dogs in April.

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The statement recalls the sentiment of a year ago, when Intel was coming out of a period of product missteps and execution issues.

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Tensions have increased in the past six months with the execution in India of Kashmiri Afzul Guru over the attack on India's parliament 11 years ago and of Mohammed Ajmal Qasab, the sole surviving attacker from the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

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