'Horrifying' execution of US inmate: lawyer

Washington (AFP) – The last of four US prisoners rushed to death by the state of Arkansas after intense legal battles, jerked and convulsed in a “horrifying” end to his life, his lawyer said Friday, as the UN and EU renewed their opposition to the death penalty.
Kenneth Williams, a 38-year-old convicted multiple murderer, was the last of four inmates put to death over the space of a week — the first such executions by the conservative southern state since 2005.
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