Perhaps they are not getting enough practice?

many minutes to you suppose she suffered?

English: The room at , completed in 2010. Español: La cámara de ejecución de la Prisión Estatal de San Quentin, construido en 2010 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Oklahoma halts second scheduled execution after the first one is badly botched.  The prisoner died of a heart attack after writhing on the table.
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You may feel less sympathy for the prisoner if you know that he shot a 19 year old woman with a sawed off shotgun, then watched as his buddies buried her alive.  How many minutes do you suppose she suffered?

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