Editing Fred A. Leuchter (section)

==Education and pre-report career==
Leuchter was born on February 7, 1943, to Fred Arthur Leuchter Sr. in [[Malden, Massachusetts]].<ref name=pri>{{citation | title = Fred A. Leuchter| work = United States Public Record Index| quote= Frederick A. Leuchter; 7 Feb 1943; 172 Belmont St, Malden, MA, 02148-7719 and Frederick A. Leuchter; 7 Feb 1943; 22 Greenwood St, Melrose, MA, 02176-1176}}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Fred Arthur Leuchter Jr. in the Massachusetts birth index 1901–1960 and 1967–1970 |date=1943 |quote=Fred Arthur Leuchter Jr., 1943, Malden |publisher=[[Massachusetts]]}}</ref><!--His father married in 1939.-->

He received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in history from [[Boston University]] in 1964. He holds patents for a [[Geodesy|geodetic]] instrument and an electronic sextant.<ref>US Patents 3,968,570 [https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=3968570.PN.&OS=PN/3968570&RS=PN/3968570] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112060954/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=3968570.PN.&OS=PN%2F3968570&RS=PN%2F3968570 |date=November 12, 2018 }} and 4,339,198 [https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4339198.PN.&OS=PN/4339198&RS=PN/4339198] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112021552/http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4339198.PN.&OS=PN%2F4339198&RS=PN%2F4339198 |date=November 12, 2018 }}</ref>

===Fred Leuchter Associates===
Leuchter started Fred Leuchter Associates in 1979, with which he sold services to several states to help them maintain, improve, document, and ascertain the effectiveness of their equipment for administration of [[capital punishment]].&nbsp;<ref>[[Stephen Trombley|Trombley, Stephen]] (1992) ''The Execution Protocol: Inside America's Capital Punishment Industry''({{ISBN|0-517-59113-8}})</ref> His initial work was with [[electric chair]]s, starting in [[Tennessee]]. His broader claims are that his work in this area is [[humanitarian]], providing greater respect for both guards and those to be executed. He also claims that he offered his services at considerable economy: off-the-shelf parts, labor, and a 20% profit.<ref name="transcript">{{cite news | url=https://www.errolmorris.com/film/mrd_transcript.html| title=Mr. Death: Transcript|publisher=[[Errol Morris|ErrolMorris.com]]| year=2006 | first=Errol | last=Morris | access-date =March 4, 2007}}</ref> By his own account, consultation among various state government agencies spread his reputation from Tennessee to other states, and further assignments followed. Leuchter "aggressively solicited business", and in 1985 the state of [[New Jersey]] purchased his proposal for a [[lethal injection]] system for $30,000.<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/1997/12/8797 | title=Searching for Humane Execution Machines | magazine=[[Wired News]] |date=December 1, 1997 | first=Craig | last=Bicknell | access-date =March 11, 2008}}</ref>