1:17:06
Did Christ have a diploma
in Christianity?
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Did Marx have a diploma
in Marxism?
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Did Adolf Hitler
have a diploma
in national socialism?
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No, they did not.
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But they knew
one hell of a lot...
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about their field.
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[ Leuchter ]
I have a half of
a lethal injection machine...
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which belongs
to the State of Delaware.
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We had a contract to repair
the lethal injection machine...
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and to repair their gallows
and write their protocol
for hanging.
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I was told that
the deputy attorney general,
Fred Silverman,
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would not allow me
to complete the contract.
1:17:47
A conference call
was set up...
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between corrections officials
and the deputy
attorney general...
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and several
other attorney generals
whom I had worked with...
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in terms of the development
of the hanging procedure.
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And Fred Silverman told me that
I would not be allowed to deal
with the State of Delaware...
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because
I testified in Canada.
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They did not pay me...
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for the $7,000 work
that I put into the repair
of the machine.
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I lost all
of the contract work
for the gallows.
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And the State
has effectively said,
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"Take the half
of the machine
that you've got...
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and stick it someplace."
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I put an ad
in the Want Advertiser.
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The second week
that the ad was running,
someone saw the ad.
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Determined
that the instrument
shouldn't be sold...
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because I was the one
that was selling it.
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Subsequently,
there was write-ups...
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in both major
Boston newspapers...
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and pressure was again
applied to the district
attorney's office...
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and the attorney general's
office...
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to prosecute me
for selling the machine.
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And it was necessary
for the attorney general's
office...
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to explain in the newspaper
that it is not illegal...