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MR. DEATH: THE RISE AND FALL OF FRED A. LEUCHTER, JR.

Directed by Errol Morris
United States, United Kingdom, 1999
Documentary
  • 9191 minutes

Synopsis

Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., an engineer from Malden, Mass. decided to become the Florence Nightengale of Death Row — a humanitarian whose mission was to design and repair, electric chairs, lethal injection systems, gallows and gas chambers.

Synopsis

Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., an engineer from Malden, Mass. decided to become the Florence Nightengale of Death Row — a humanitarian whose mission was to design and repair, electric chairs, lethal injection systems, gallows and gas chambers.