31.   Thousands of people braved freezing temperatures in the Iranian capital Wednesday to watch the execution of a man who had killed a member of a hard-line militia.

32.   Ward met his mother, brother and daughter for more than four hours Thursday, but they did not stay to watch the execution.

33.   Witnesses, including reporters, had watched gas chamber executions in California from the time the prisoner was led into the chamber.

34.   Some of the specatators wept profusely as they watched the execution, which was carried out by soldiers on Saturday.