Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
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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...

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to sell a lethal injection
machine to anybody.

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Delaware turned out
to be a major problem,
but I still have their machine.

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And anybody who's interested in
buying half a lethal injection
machine can contact me,

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and it's available
for the cost
of the repairs.

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[ Carol ]
I went a lot of places that
I probably wouldn't have gone.

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But basically,
it was a nightmare.

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He had a job offer
from California.

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He thought
I was going with him.

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I told him that
he could give his speeches,
he could do whatever he wanted,

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but I would not be there.
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And I told him
I went to a lawyer.

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And I explained to him that yes,
I could get a divorce and yes,
you have to leave here.

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I don't want you here.
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And he hemmed and hawed
and whatever, but he left,
like, a week later.


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