As you can see from Texas A&M’s anthropology aggregating site (which is one of my favorite places on the net), at least a dozen stories have appeared in the past week about new archaeological finds near Stonehenge. Using ground penetrating radar and other non-invasive technology, archaeologists have discovered another henge — which was wooden, approximately [...]
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Yesterday the State of Utah executed Ronnie Lee Gardner using a firing squad. Why is Utah the only state that offers prisoners the option of a firing squad, which obviously results in lots of blood?
Although I have heard some rationalizations given by Utah officials that it is “faster and more humane” than other methods (which [...]
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