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Valerie Cates writes:
Lethal injection was supposed to be a "humane execution." And although many of us agree that some of these men deserve no such treatment I have witnessed an execution and it was probably the most disturbing moment of my life. I felt like an accomplice to murder. Even if the person did something to my loved ones I had a terrible time seeing him die. And to have it botched like this, I am not sure any human could have the ability to watch such a thing and be okay with themselves. Now I am probably wrong on that point because there are some pretty angry people out there but I know in my heart that I was not okay with what I saw and it was above board.
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