He did not just order others to carry out executions, he felt it was his duty to be present at the executions himself.
He told her that he would need her to be present at his execution, to help him cope with "my fears, thoughts, and feelings".
Vignette 15: Collapsed Immobility "As army surgeon, I had once to be present at the execution of some brigands.
RALEIGH, N.C., April 29 (Reuters) - North Carolina lawmakers approved a measure on Wednesday aimed at resuming executions in the state after a nine-year break by removing the requirement that a doctor be present at all lethal injections.
As the chaplain who ministered to death-row inmates on their way to execution from 1982 to 1995, Carroll Pickett was present at 95 executions.
Children have been present at the executions, which take the form of beheading or shooting in the head at close range," the report says.
Had he been present at the execution?
But interviews with Mr. Shirzai's commanders suggest that the executions occurred, and they may have been in keeping with a policy toward foreign Taliban fighters, though they could not say whether American soldiers were present at the execution.
John Lewis, a local radio reporter who was present at the execution, said that while the prisoner was being killed MacPhail family members sat in the front row looking intently at him.
Members of Stewart's family were present at his execution, and before it they put out a statement that said the manner in which McGuire was put to death was more humane than the brutal way he had murdered Joy.
