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the execution | frontline online
painting by boggess entitled on the inside looking out
The Death Gurney
painting

Lesley Gosch, one of Boggess's closest friends on death row had several times come within minutes of execution before receiving a last minute stay. Gosch's description of the death chamber led Boggess to draw this picture.

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