Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
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:05:01
cooled by four fans.
:05:03
I will now switch on
the fans...

:05:06
[ Click, Fans Humming ]
and begin
the cooling process.

:05:17
We then proceed
to the power supply.

:05:22
We turn on
the main circuit breaker.

:05:25
You can see the voltage has
increased to 2,640 volts.

:05:31
We begin the test
at the control console...

:05:35
for the electric chair.
:05:37
We turn the fail-safe system on
to operation.

:05:43
Power up.
Computer on.

:05:49
And then I push the button
for operation.

:06:00
The human body
is not easy to destroy.

:06:03
It's not easy to take a life
humanely and painlessly,

:06:07
without doing
a great deal of damage
to the individual's body.

:06:13
Excess current
cooks the tissue.

:06:17
There have been occasions...
:06:19
where a great amount
of current has been applied...

:06:22
and the meat will come off
the executee's body like meat
coming off a cooked chicken.

:06:32
The execution
must be conducted
in two jolts.

:06:37
In 1/240th part of a second...
:06:39
the first jolt disrupts
or destroys the individual's
central nervous system.

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Current is then applied...
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for a time
approaching one minute.

:06:53
The adrenaline
is being driven out
into the bloodstream.


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