Lawson, strapped into a wooden chair and wearing only white boxer shorts, a diaper and socks, began yelling after his executioners placed a leather mask over his face. His words were not clear through the double-paned windows of the death chamber but he seemed to scream "I'm human! I'm human!" as the airtight door to the room was clamped shut. (15 June 1994)
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Silver Cross Hospital
1200 Maple Road, Joliet, Illinois, United States.
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Thursday 5th of December 1991 (-) — Mass murderer Richard Speck dies of a heart attack Speck had been taken to Silver Cross after complaining of chest pains and nausea at Stateville Correctional Center.