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Penitentiary on april 29, 2014, clayton lockett was led to the execution chamber while charles warner waited in the wings. zeva bransetter witnessed locketts execution. >> it was my fourth execution to witness. it was scheduled for 6:00 p.m. eventually, they roll up the shade at 6:20. lockett was asked if he had a last statement, and he just said no. >> at 6:23 p.m., lockett was injected with midazolam to render him unconscious. >> at 6:31, the doctor checked consciousness, and the warden announ...

Mr. mcguire we argued that midazolam was likely to leave him in severe pain, almost torture, as if he were drowning or unable to breathe and choking and gasping for air. >> but arguing the dangers of midazolam presented an unnerving catch-22. >> the burden of proof is so high to show that its going to go bad it actually has to go bad. >> the judge said that this was clearly an experiment. but he likewise said that the inmate was not entitled to a pain free execution. >> the federal court has rul...

Compared our ice agents to the slave catchers and they didnt. >> when was i silent on that? >> the new underground railroad. they like to throw these racial terms back and forth. what it really shows you though is that they really dont care about minorities. because they dont appreciate the experience that we overcame. they want to compare this to gestapo, are you kidding me? they are just doing their job. whether you like it or not these people broke laws and there are consequences for it. lela...

>> we gave cameras to inmates on death row as well. 28-year-old ben richie was here for having shot and killed a police officer. >> this aint no joke. they execute people here, and if you dont work on your case on death row theyll march your ass over there and strap you to that table and murder you. on death row our cells are a little bigger than populations, but id rather have one of them smaller cells. [ bleep ], id rather go home. >> richie recalled the last time he watched a fellow inmate le...

And try to obviously portray the good things that theyve done while theyve been incarcerated. >> i have a hope that one day i can be out of prison, you know. even though that hope might be small. i know that what i done was wrong. i deserve to be where im at. ive accepted whatever might come. >> what the future holds for haight is not certain. his case is still on appeal. but one day he might take the same walk our "lockup" crew took when they shot at kentucky state. >> kentucky is one of the st...

>> alvarado wraps his flexible pencils in magazine pages to get them sturdier. >> just cant wait to get my hands on a paint brush and paint canvas. im ready to just, you know, go. >> alvarado knows he could be headed to prison, possibly for the rest of his life. or even to the execution chamber if hes found guilty of having murdered his twin brother and his brothers wife. he will not discuss the case, but says that he has recently felt his brothers presence. >> i was in my cell. i was kind of aw...

Do real thin lines. >> alvarado wraps his flexible pencils in magazine pages to make them sturdier. >> just cant wait to get my hands on a paint brush and paint and canvas. im ready to just, you know, go. >> alvarado knows he could be headed to prison, possibly for the rest of his life. or even to the execution chamber if hes found guilty of having murdered his twin brother and his brothers wife. he will not discuss the case, but says that he has recently felt his brothers presence. >> i was in ...

>> alvarado wraps his flexible pencils in magazine pages to get them sturdier. >> just cant wait to get my hands on a paint brush and paint canvas. im ready to just, you know, go. >> alvarado knows he could be headed to prison, possibly for the rest of his life. or even to the execution chamber if hes found guilty of having murdered his twin brother and his brothers wife. he will not discuss the case, but says that he has recently felt his brothers presence. >> i was in my cell. i was kind of aw...

>> alvarado wraps his flexible pencils in magazine pages to get them sturdier. >> just cant wait to get my hands on a paint brush and paint canvas. im ready to just, you know, go. >> alvarado knows he could be headed to prison, possibly for the rest of his life. or even to the execution chamber if hes found guilty of having murdered his twin brother and his brothers wife. he will not discuss the case, but says that he has recently felt his brothers presence. >> i was in my cell. i was kind of aw...

Do real thin lines. >> alvarado wraps his flexible pencils in magazine pages to get them sturdier. >> just cant wait to get my hands on a paint brush and paint canvas. im ready to just, you know, go. >> alvarado knows he could be headed to prison, possibly for the rest of his life. or even to the execution chamber if hes found guilty of having murdered his twin brother and his brothers wife. he will not discuss the case, but says that he has recently felt his brothers presence. >> i was in my ce...