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On the same day that New Hampshire got the news about a federal prison, state officials also learned the state had been chosen as the place to execute a convicted killer.

A U.S. District Court judge ruled that Gary Sampson will be executed in the Granite State for a killing spree that left three men dead.

But New Hampshire hasn't put anyone to death in 65 years.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Mark Bevis has more.