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Five states planning to execute prisoners this week despite federal moratorium

Despite a federal moratorium, there have already been thirteen state executions this year. And in the next week, five people are scheduled to die.

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Chiara Eisner
Chiara Eisner is a reporter for NPR's investigations team. Eisner came to NPR from The State in South Carolina, where her investigative reporting on the experiences of former execution workers received McClatchy's President's Award and her coverage of the biomedical horseshoe crab industry led to significant restrictions of the harvest.