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The Delaware prisoner was James Allen Red Dog, 39, a Sioux Indian of the Lakota tribe who had refused to appeal his sentence because he contended that doing so would violate his warrior's code.

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Unlike Mr. Brewer's family, Mr. Red Dog's family supported his decision not to fight his sentence. Mr. Red Dog's relatives said in a statement that he was going to his death with dignity and that he was "proud that he's giving in return for what he took: a life."

The two executions brought to 193 the number of prisoners put to death around the nation since the Supreme Court in 1976 allowed the states to resume capital punishment.

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