The 21st century death chamber: $100000 for a civilised execution – The Guardian
The GuardianThe 21st century death chamber: $100000 for a civilised executionThe GuardianThis week Oklahoma opened the doors of its maximum-security state penitentiary in McAlester to show off its spanking-new redesigned execution suite. It was a display of conspicuous transparency put on for the benefit of the media, which was paradoxical …and more »
Hundreds of Kissing Protestors Swarm British Supermarket (mashable)
When a gay female student was thrown out of a Sainsbury's in Brighton, UK, for kissing her girlfriend, her university rallied around her. Wednesday evening, hundreds of protestors joined a kiss-in to demand tolerance, embracing under rainbow umbrellas and holding homemade signs
A security guard asked Annabelle Paige, 22, a student at the University of Sussex, to leave Sainsbury's after she gave her partner a "slight peck on the cheek," according to the _Guardian_. A fellow customer had complained to the security guard that the "disgusting" kiss made her concerned for the safety of her child
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