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The death penalty faces another trial.

Hello again, I'm Norman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Oklahoma is investigating last week's execution of Clayton Lockett, so horribly botched. One witness

said it looked like torture. The state Supreme Court tried to delay Lockett's execution,

but the legislature and the governor threatened impeachment and the justices let it go ahead.

Similar incidents in other states have raised questions about

drugs used for lethal injections. Are they cruel and unusual? Or does the punishment fit the crime?

Why is there so much secrecy about the death penalty as public support is declining?

Today's talking point, young blood might be a fountain of youth for old people. First, here's the news.

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Program Fund. Hello again, Warren Al-Nebuck with To the Point. Last week in Oklahoma, Clayton Lockett became the latest in a series of death row inmates who have visibly suffered during their executions. Our judges being bullied into allowing the use of untested drugs for lethal injections. What's the impact on the continued debate over abolishing capital punishment?

Today's talking point, blood from young mice, can reverse some of the effects of aging in older

mice. Is that good news for humans with heart disease and the fear of Alzheimer's?

First is news update, a major decision today on public prayer.

Lord and God of all there is, thank you for the blessings you've given us that made it possible

for us to be here this evening.

That's the opening of a Christian prayer at a town meeting in Greece, New York last year.

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