The Job

Not long into his job as prison superintendent, Frank Thompson was
asked to write the manual on lethal injection for the state of
Oregon. Capital punishment had not been implemented in more than 30
years, and no one knew how to do it. Frank had to travel around the
country learning how other states do it, and he asked his staff to
practice. They simulated every step, including seating witnesses in
the gallery, interacting with the press, and strapping each other
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