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I Remember On Page One Of The New York Times The Article About Fred Leuchter. The Heading Was "can Capital Punishment Be Humane" And It Was The Story About An Electric Chair Repairman And Execution Machine Designer. And Then Buried In The Back Of The Paper Was The Fact That Fred Leuchter Had Also Been Involved In Holocaust Denial.

-Errol Morris

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I Remember On Page One Of The

Errol Morris

I Remember On Page One Of The New York Times The Article About Fred Leuchter. The Heading Was "can Capital Punishment Be Humane" And It Was The Story About An Electric Chair Repairman And Execution Machine Designer. And Then Buried In The Back Of The Paper Was The Fact That Fred Leuchter Had Also Been Involved In Holocaust Denial.

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