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Missouri Execution Fight

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports that attorneys for a death row inmate in Missouri are fighting his sentence on the grounds that the jury was prejudiced by his sexual orientation. The inmate, who is gay, is scheduled to be executed tomorrow.

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