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Brendan Kirby

articles/2010/09/08/holly-wood-death-rows-mentally-retarded-inmate/kirby-alabama-execution_125336_cmknvf

Alabama's Shameful Execution

He's poor, mentally disabled, and his newbie lawyer botched his sentencing. But at 6 p.m. EST today, this convicted killer was executed. Brendan Kirby on death row's special-needs inmate.

Brendan Kirby

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