Enforcing the death penalty with competence, compassion.

Corrections Today | July 1, 1993| | Copyright

Planning and managing an execution is the most difficult assignment I have ever faced or asked my staff to support. Since 1990, we have carried out two executions at Broad River Correctional Institution in Columbia, S.C., where I am warden. I hope that sharing my thoughts on our experiences might be of value to others who find themselves faced with the task.

This is not a "how to" primer on conducting an execution. Rather, it is an account of what it's like to be the person responsible for ensuring that executions are conducted efficiently and with some semblance of ...

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