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In reply to the discussion: Inmate dies after botched execution; second execution stayed [View all]hamsterjill
(15,237 posts)I don't believe that I, myself, could ever witness an execution. However, I could understand a condemned inmate wanting to have a family member(s) in the death chamber. I might also understand a family member of a victim wanting to be present.
I can only imagine the horror and long-term effect that witnessing something like this could do to any witnesses. And yes, I know and understand that the warden had the curtains pulled at a point in time when things were going wrong. But having the curtain drawn probably only increased the anxiety for the witnesses as they would have known that something was wrong and would have been wondering what was going on that they could not see.
They may have been prepared to witness an execution; they may not have been prepared to witness 16 minutes of a nightmare.