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Reprieve, an anti-death penalty organization, just released a horrifying report detailing the pattern of botched lethal injections which disproportionately affected a certain demographic of inmates: Want to take a guess who? It’s Black folks.

However, botched executions are not excluded to just the needle and lethal cocktail. Ever since we had firing squads, gas chambers and whatnot, Black people have been subject to prolonged, painful deaths, leading to gruesome and graphic scenes.

Yes, people on death row were found guilty of egregious crimes. but one would assume the Eighth Amendment would protect them from cruel and unusual punishments like being punctured with a needle for over 40 minutes.

Warning: These stories will make your stomach turn. Here’s 15 cases a Black person’s execution was halted or stalled by a botched procedure.