As you know by now, this is where I give you a heads up about the content of this podcast,

rape, sexual assault, murder, domestic abuse, and that your discretion is advised.

This particular episode, though though also includes depictions of multiple

forms of death penalty executions as well as a recounting of an egregious

multiple murder case that involved instances of torture.

So some additional consideration about where, when, and with whom you choose to listen is probably

warranted. quiet pervaded the room no music no chatter of voices just the soft hum of the lights and the breathing of one man

Whatever happens I'm ready for it

That's that's that simple.

A pair of needles were inserted into the man's arms.

Two being snaked away from them, disappearing through a hole in the cinderblock wall.

The man, William Andrews, reclined on a padded plank

covered with straps. Across the room were a series of windows. On the other side sat a small group of people who were there to witness

Williams execution. I feel very comfortably, spiritually, with the aspect of dying, with the prospect of dying, because I'm a very spiritual man.

William had been scheduled to die at the stroke of midnight on Thursday, July 30, 1992.

A last-minute plea for reprieve to the U.S. Supreme Court had delayed the lethal injection

for about an hour and a half.

The Supreme Court justices had declined to intervene.

So now at 135 a.m. a state official signaled to an unseen executioner in the other room to push

the plunger and deliver the fatal drug cocktail into

Williams veins. I have come to terms with the idea of dying. I don't want to die, but I don't want to continue to live the way I have been living.

The rising and falling of William's chest slowed.

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