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are generally
the same guards that have
dealt with that inmate...
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for the last five,
ten, fifteen,
sometimes twenty years...
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while the man
was on Death Row.
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The warden
of the institution...
:22:14
is, in many respects,
the surrogate father...
:22:15
is, in many respects,
the surrogate father...
:22:17
of the inmate
who's being executed.
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He sees that inmate
maybe five or six times a week.
:22:24
He's concerned
if the inmate is sick, if
the inmate doesn't feel well--
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the general welfare
of the inmate.
:22:31
Then, at the end of the time,
he must take that inmate out,
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strap him into
his electric chair,
his gas chamber,
:22:37
strap him into
his lethal injection machine...
:22:39
or put a noose
around his neck.
:22:43
Most people think
of a hardened criminal
and a murderer...
:22:46
as someone who is in a cell
and gonna be executed,
:22:49
but these people are really
no different than somebody
that we work with every day.
:22:54
The only difference is,
the inmate doesn't go home
and the guard does.
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And now, at the end of
this ten or fifteen-year cycle,
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they now are faced with the task
of executing this man...
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with equipment
that's defective,
:23:09
with equipment
that's gonna cause pain.
:23:16
Even with
a good execution...
:23:18
you get some burning
at the electrodes.
:23:22
It's a very
distasteful thing...
:23:24
for the guard who
has to unstrap the inmate
from the electric chair...
:23:28
after the execution.
:23:31
Normally, if we think of a belt
with holes in it and the pin
that goes through the holes,
:23:35
that guard has to then
compress all the flesh
and everything on the body.
:23:39
It's oozing,
because it's been cooked.
:23:42
He has to get the body fluids
on his hands.
:23:46
With the equipment
we designed,
:23:48
all of the straps
are instant-release.
:23:51
They're the same
as the safety belts in your car.
:23:54
You hit a button
and the strap opens.
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Another thing that we do is,
our electric chair
contains a drip pan.