Drafting is an important technique in road racing. Exploratorium Senior Scientist Paul Doherty explained, The bicyclist, as he moves through the air, produces a turbulent wake behind himself.
Bower was the 15th inmate executed in the United States this year, and more than half of those executions took place in Texas. On Wednesday, the state of Texas plans to do something it has been trying to do for decades: Execute Lester Bower. Bower, 67, has spent nearly half of his life on death row.
The execution chamber at the Utah State Prison is seen after Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, was executed by a firing squad in Draper June 18, 2010. Four bullet holes are visible in the wood panel behind the chair.