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- Were you in the room when they did it?
- I'm on the strap-down team.
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Left leg. That's my job. The left leg.
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We take the prisoner from his cell
to the execution chamber.
1:04:12
- Wow. That's gotta be tough.
- It's hard. I didn't sleep that night.
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I think it's gotta affect everybody that
sees it, whether they're for it or against it.
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It's just part of the job.
These prisoners get what's comin' to 'em.
1:04:28
It's easy for someone to come in here
and make a rash judgment on procedure.
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What may appear on the surface
to be irrational or unnecessary...
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...proves upon examination to have solid
reasoning and experience behind it.
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Father, all I want is to play a hymn
for Matt before his execution.
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And experience tells us
that music stirs up emotion.
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Emotion that can produce
an unexpected reaction in the inmate.
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All right. Do you have any objection
to my asking the warden for his opinion?
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I would oppose it, but you may if you like.
1:05:06
Thank you. And thank you for your time.
1:05:09
I understand you were protesting outside
the gates during the last execution.
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Yes.
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Are you familiar with the Old Testament?
"Thou shalt not kill."
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"If anyone sheds the blood of man,
by man shall his blood be shed."
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Yes, Father. In the New Testament, Jesus
talks about grace and reconciliation.
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Poncelet has to understand
that Jesus died for his sins.
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If he accepts that, reconciliation is his
and his soul shall have eternal life.
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One's opinion of the death penalty
is not the issue here.
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Look at Romans. "Let every person
be subordinate to the higher authorities."
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"For there is no authority
except from God."
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"And those who oppose it
will bring judgment upon themselves."
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- What is it?
- She collapsed in my office.