21. In its most severe form the disease causes death in early childhood from overwhelming infection. 22. In the past year there have been at least eight deaths in custody which are believed to have resulted from torture. 23. Its effect was particularly damaging in relation to the recurrent tragedies of death in childhood, which are examined in the next chapter. 24. No woman had been put to death in the state since the American Revolution. 25. Now Jack sees a way to escape from it all by faking his death in a house fire. 26. Of course, every fly-blown congressman is keen to install fresh weapons of death in his own backyard. |