article_snippet.sent: If the doctor confirms once the fires have been shot that the prisoner is still breathing - the executing commander orders for a pistol be put to the temple just above the ear for a final shot.
article_snippet.sent: However, the shooting can continue on the condemned, if the doctor declares that there is still signs of life.
article_snippet.sent: Doctors place a black mark on the convict's clothes right over the heart as the place to shoot at.
article_snippet.sent: Then the doctor withdraws .
article_snippet.sent: Shooting can be repeated, if according to a doctor's certificate is still signs of life .
article_snippet.sent: Execution of the death penalty is declared finished, if the doctor has stated that there are no more signs of life on the convict .
highlights_snippet.sent: If doctor confirms prisoner is still breathing - final shot fired to side of head .