:07:00
The second jolt
now seizes the pacemaker
a second time.
:07:04
There's now no adrenaline left
to restart the pacemaker.
:07:10
The person is dead.
:07:14
If the voltage does not exceed
2,000 volts...
:07:18
throughout the execution,
:07:20
the individual's pacemaker
is not permanently seized.
:07:24
In some 20, 30 minutes later
the individual's heart
restarts itself on its own...
:07:30
and the person
is now alive again.
:07:33
They would have to call
all the witnesses back,
:07:36
strap the vegetable
back into the chair...
:07:39
and reelectrocute him.
:07:47
There's no difference
in a life support system
and an execution system.
:07:51
Uh, the system has to
function flawlessly...
:07:54
for the time period
that it's operating.
:07:57
With a life support system,
if it doesn't function,
the person dies.
:08:00
With an execution system,
:08:02
if it doesn't
function flawlessly,
the person lives,
:08:05
but he doesn't live
as a human being.
:08:08
He lives as an injured,
brain-dead vegetable,
:08:11
which is probably far worse
than being executed.
:08:14
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:08:24
My father worked
in the Massachusetts
correctional system.
:08:29
He was a superintendent
of transportation
for many years,
:08:32
first at the old state prison
in Charlestown,
:08:36
and then at the new prison
in Walpole,
:08:39
which has now since been
renamed Cedar Junction.
:08:43
As many youngsters do,
:08:46
I went to work
with my father.
:08:50
I'd been
accompanying him to work
since I was four years old.
:08:56
I visited all of the cell areas,
including the death house area.