"In the meantime, the execution of death sentence of four convicts shall remain stayed, " said a panel including Chief Justice Altamas Kabir, Justice AR Dave and Justice Vikramajit Sen.

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Hundreds of prisoners await execution on death row.

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Ms. DAHLIA LITHWICK (Legal Analyst, Slate): That's right, Alex, and 37 of the 38 states that currently have the death penalty, this is their preferred method of execution, but prisoners are complaining that it doesn't work, that it's causing a tremendous amount of pain, more so than was present in death sentences using the electric chair or gas.

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He was convicted, sentenced to death and then given a stay of execution Jan. 4.

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Vigo County attorney Timothy Fears said that under Indiana law a county coroner may conduct an autopsy in the case of an "unnatural death" -- including an execution -- but does not have to.

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Dr Hildebrandt noted the correct spelling of the names of the 174 women and eight men on the list, their exact dates of birth and death, their nationality, the reason for their execution and any other biographical information she could find.

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Instead, death is modified by ludicrously lengthy appeals (the average stay of execution for state-imposed sentences is now almost nine years) which put off the day of accounting, but do not remove it altogether.

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As of 2002, the average condemned inmate spent 7.3 years on death row before execution, according to state Corrections Department figures.

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