The Chron’s reporting style on San Quentin’s new injection chamber is a bit jarring, to say the least.
The spacious $853,000 center has three brightly lit witness viewing rooms, and each gives a considerably better view than the cramped gas chamber’s lone, poorly illuminated viewing room.
In particular, the main observation room for 12 state officials and 17 media witnesses offers four wide, flat windows looking straight into a roomy, open chamber where the lethal injection gurney sits. This makes every angle of the execution visible – unlike the truncated, partially blocked sightlines of the old center.
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