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Should America s death penalty system be fixed? More Republican lawmakers think so Maurice Chammah and Keri Blakinger Death penalty: Which states use it, which don t and how it s changed over time Replay Video UP NEXT Two years ago, a group of Republican lawmakers toured the death chamber in Oklahoma, which has been responsible for more executions per capita than any other state in the last half-century. At the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, they took in the jet-black gurney straps, the phone connected to the governor’s office and the microphone used for last words. © Associated Press From left, Oklahoma state Rep. Kevin McDugle, Texas state Rep. Jeff Leach and South Dakota state Sen. Arthur Rusch have filed bills to reform the death penalty in their states.

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