:04:37
"At the first official electrocution in 1890...
:04:40
"...the victim had the electrodes
removed from his head...
:04:43
"...after 15 seconds.
:04:45
"Suddenly he opened his eyes
and began gasping for air...
:04:49
"...apparently unaware
that he was supposed to be dead.
:04:53
"The warden and all present
lost their wits...
:04:56
"...before calling for the current
to be turned back on.
:04:59
"Witnesses describe a blue flame
playing about the base of the spine.
:05:05
"This time the electricity flowed
for four minutes.
:05:09
"Over the years, other witnesses
to electrocutions...
:05:12
"...have described the prisoner
catching fire...
:05:16
"...the electricity so powerful...
:05:19
"...that the eyeballs pop out
onto the cheeks...
:05:22
"...a sound like bacon frying.
:05:25
"During the autopsy, the liver is so hot
that it can't be touched by human hands.
:05:31
"Despite its best efforts,
this justice system has killed...
:05:35
"...at least 23 innocent men...
:05:37
"...and sentences blacks who kill whites...
:05:41
"...seven times more than whites
who kill blacks. "
:05:46
1890...
:05:48
...to the 1990s.
:05:50
Over 100 years of progress.
:05:55
You paint a grim picture indeed, Professor.
:05:58
I wish you had been as vivid
describing the victims.