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The United States is scheduled this Friday to hold its 1,000th execution since the death penalty was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976. Five people are scheduled for execution in five different states this week. It is very likely that the landmark of 1,000 will be passed this week. Among the individuals facing execution this week are John Hicks in Ohio, who was found guilty for suffocating his 5-year-old stepdaughter in 1985, and Eric Nance in Arkansas, who was convicted of the 1993 murder of an 18-year-old woman. Source: today.reuters.co.uk
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