Witness To An Execution -- More Than 315 Times

CNN.com, CNN
Mon, 07/20/2009 - 9:57am

It takes seven minutes to execute a death row inmate, according to the state of Texas. At that rate, Mike Graczyk of The Associated Press has spent about 40 hours of his life watching men -- and a few women -- die. The inmates' last words stick in his mind.

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