While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” the Department of Corrections, alabama, executes Nathaniel Woods for the murder of three statute enforcement officers, which the prosecution admits he could not have committed as he was in handcuffs at the time.

       [added 6/10/2023] Thanks to Dan Fishman for this entry.