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Warden on death penalty: "This is wrong"

Warden on death penalty: "This is wrong"By DARA KAMPalm Beach Post Capital BureauSaturday, June 28, 2008TALLAHASSEE ? Murderer Pedro Medina was strapped into "Old Sparky"shortly after midnight on March 25, 1997, at Florida State Prison.Warden Ron McAndrew stood nearby as a guard placed a wet sponge toconduct more than 2,000 volts of electricity onto Medina's shaved head.The executioner pulled the switch. Within seconds, an arm's lengthfrom McAndrew, 6-inch flames leaped out the side of the mask onMedina's head.The cramped chamber immediately filled with smoke and a putrid, acridodor.The executioner, wearing oversize insulated gloves that protectlinemen working on electrical wires, sought advice from the warden."He looked at me with this big question on his face, and he said,'Continue?' " McAndrew recalled recently...continue to full post

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