41.   The British government was expected to plead again with the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday to save the life of condemned inmate Tracy Lee Housel.

42.   That case could have far-reaching effects if the justices decide to loosen the rules for when condemned inmates can get new evidence before a judge.

43.   The condemned inmate was strapped to a gurney with eight car seatbelts.

44.   The Legislature acted after several high-profile cases in which DNA analysis exonerated condemned inmates, including former Virginia death row inmate Earl Washington Jr.

45.   The legislature changed the law this year to allow condemned inmates to choose injection or the electric chair.

46.   Virginia gives condemned inmates a choice of dying by injection or in the electric chair.

47.   Under a law that takes effect this summer, condemned inmates in Alabama will be executed by injection unless they choose the electric chair.