101-year-old inmate dies after 76 years on death row in the U.S.

Francis Clifford Smith, sentenced to death in 1950, died at 101 after 76 years on death row.

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He escaped execution eight times before dying of natural causes.

His case reignites the debate on the death penalty in the U.S.

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