Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
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they now are faced with the task
of executing this man...

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with equipment
that's defective,

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with equipment
that's gonna cause pain.

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Even with
a good execution...

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you get some burning
at the electrodes.

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It's a very
distasteful thing...

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for the guard who
has to unstrap the inmate
from the electric chair...

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after the execution.
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Normally, if we think of a belt
with holes in it and the pin
that goes through the holes,

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that guard has to then
compress all the flesh
and everything on the body.

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It's oozing,
because it's been cooked.

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He has to get the body fluids
on his hands.

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With the equipment
we designed,

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all of the straps
are instant-release.

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They're the same
as the safety belts in your car.

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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.

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All executees,
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during the execution,
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lose control
of their bodily functions.

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They urinate and defecate
in their pants, on their chair.

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This normally winds up
on the chair and on the floor
directly beneath the chair.

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This is a disgusting thing
when it occurs.

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It's a very inhumane thing
to allow a person
who's being executed,

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a human being...
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who should be afforded
the greatest dignity of all
because he is losing his life--

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It's a disgusting
and a degrading thing
to allow him to defecate...

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and, quite frankly,
piss on the floor.

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Additionally,
the urine,

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when it hits the floor--
and I think everybody knows that
urine is highly conductive--

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it's normally mopped up.
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If there's a second execution
or a third execution--

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and this sometimes occurs
when they have more than one
execution at the same time--

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the guards in the death house
now have to work and stand
on a floor...


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