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"Take a virtual tour of San Quentin's lethal injection facility," is the title of a post at the Sacramento Bee's State Worker blog. The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has posted a virtual tour of the Lethal Injection Facility at San Quentin. The 1-minute 56-second soundless piece sweeps in, out, around and above the wing's many rooms, including the "viewing area," the "prep/control" room and the "Injection Room" (a hexagonal space measuring 7 1/2 feet in diameter, according to the video). We spoke to CDCR spokesman Seth Unger about why the video is on the Web site. He said that it was part of the evidence submitted in response to litigation about whether its old death chamber and execution procedures were unconstitutional...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 04, 2008 (boomark / email).