ouths. His face turns purple from lack of oxygen and then he finally dies (The Execution Protocol). After the 1983 execution of Jimmy Lee Gary of Mississippi, several witnesses reported that he had convulsions for eight minutes; that he gasped eleven times during that period; and that he repeatedly struck his head on a pole behind him while struggling in the gas chamber. Anxious prison officials at Parchman Farm finally ordered the witnesses to leave the observation area. As they left, Gray was still banging his head on the pole in his death struggle (The Death Protocol). In the late 1970's and early1980's, lethal injection was the up and coming method. Lethal injection, which was supposed to be neat and clean, also had its savage aspects. In May of 1992, it took forty-seven minutes for the execution team to insert the IV into Billy Wayne White. Once White helped them locate a vein, it took nine minutes for him to die. In May of 1989, an incorrect mix of the lethal drug caused Stephen McCoy to choke and heave throughout his execution (The Death Protocol). Another mishap followed the one above in December when an IV line carrying a lethal injection into the arm of Raymond Landry sprang a leak, spraying technicians and witnesses with the fatal drug. The tube had to be reinserted while Landry was half-dead. It took another twenty-four minutes for him to die (The Death Protocol). The final and probably most liked form of execution is the electric chair. Since the 1980's, botched electrocutions have made sensational headlines. In Virginia's execution of Albert Clozza on July 24, 1991, faulty electrodes and improperly applied voltage led to a slow and agonizing death. Steam pressure in Clozza's head caused his eyeballs to pop so that blood ran down his chest from the sockets. Florida State Prison had perhaps the most gruesome execution in America's history. Flames, smoke, and sparks shot six inches out of the head of Jessie Tafe...
