In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[EX Q]: Virginia is poised to execute a convicted serial killer who claims he's intellectually disabled using lethal injection drugs from Texas because the state's supply of another controversial drug will expire the day before the execution is supposed to take place. Unless Gov. Terry McAuliffe or the U.S. Supreme Court steps in this week, Alfredo Prieto will be executed Thursday - the first Virginia inmate to be receive the death penalty in nearly three years. The El Salvador native was already facing execution in California for raping and murdering a 15-year-old girl when a Virginia jury sentenced him to death in 2010 for the 1988 killings Rachael Raver and her boyfriend, Warren Fulton III.Alfredo Prieto raped and murdered a 15-year-old girl in CaliforniaHe also murdered a Virginia couple in 1988 and will be executed ThursdayPrieto claims he has a 'significant brain dysfunction' from a malnourished childhood in El Salvador but psychologists say he is brightThe state will use a lethal three-drug cocktail partially supplied by TexasVirginia has executed 110 people since 1976, the third highest state 
 Question:_ officials agreed to send him to Virginia on the rationale that it was more likely to carry out the execution.
[EX A]: California

[EX Q]: Stoke City appear to have bought astutely once again in the transfer market, strengthening in various areas and adding quality too. The departures of Steven N’Zonzi and Asmir Begovic are highly significant, but manager Mark Hughes has recruited in both positions and brought in players who can increase creativity and goals. They open their campaign at home to Liverpool, who were demolished 6-1 in the final game of last season, and the team is likely to have a number of alterations. Here, Sportsmail picks a likely XI for the duration of the season should all Hughes’s men be fit. Hughes set his team out in a clear system last year even while switching personnel depending on opponent and form. The front four, for example, was a carousel of names. It should be the same formation this campaign.Losing Asmir Begovic and Steven N'Zonzi this summer was a big blowBut Mark Hughes has responded impressively once again this summerStoke ended last season by battering Liverpool at the Britannia StadiumSo who is likely to line up for Hughes' side in this season's opener?Premier League news: CLICK HERE for all the latest from the EPL 
 Question:Butland has only made six _ appearances since signing in January 2013 but is finally in pole position despite the arrival of Shay Given, 39, from Aston Villa.
[EX A]: Stoke City

[EX Q]: The gunman who killed nine people last week at an Oregon college shot himself in front of his classmates after being wounded by two hero cops. Also revealed on Wednesday was that Umpqua Community College shooter Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, was discharged from the Army after attempting to commit suicide. Harper-Mercer was discharged after one month of basic training at Fort Jackson, in South Carolina, in 2008. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Army wouldn't disclose details of the 2008 suicide attempt but that it indicates Harper-Mercer was deeply troubled long before he opened fire on his classmates last Thursday.Christopher Harper-Mercer, 26, shot himself in a classroom after being wounded by two hero cops who opened fireHarper-Mercer was discharged from the Army in 2008 for trying to commit suicideTodd Spingath was one of two officers to take down Oregon shooterHis partner and fellow vet, Joe Kaney, was identified earlier this weekThe pair have been hailed for preventing further potential devastationThey rushed into Umpqua Community College five minutes after alert 
 Question:Federal officials also said that the guns were purchased through a federally licensed firearms dealer by Mr. Harper-_ or his relatives.
[EX A]:
Mercer

