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Chamber and place him on the gurney. the microphone is basically used to read the death warrant to the condemned and also to allow the condemned to make a last statement. >> prior to being arrested and going to arraignment, i didnt even know alabama had a death penalty. so, when the judge told me the sentences that i faced, i didnt think he was telling the truth. from that point on, yeah, i knew i was coming to death row. i knew i was going to death row. >> the warden stands at this point to loo...

Indiana state prison is the only facility in the state with an execution chamber. not every inmate facing the death penalty in indiana is on death row at isp, but many of them could be put to death there. the death penalty was reinstated in indiana in 1977, nearly two dozen men are housed on isps death row. >> how are you doing? okay. let me know if you need anything. >> we get this perception that these guys are total monsters but there is a chance that every individual can, in the heat of the ...

Didnt feel like i had any way out. the next time we got into a fight, as soon as i got him off of me, i started shooting. i didnt stop shooting until the gun was empty. during the fight with me and my father, my stepmother and two stepsisters were in the house. when the fight started, they ran upstairs. my friend went after them. he kicked in a bathroom door. he shot the woman, cut the little girls throat. and he found the other little girl and cut her throat. and when he come back downstairs, h...

Im melissailissa rehberger. a shooting left two people dead today. five others injured and treated and released. a massive data breach at a michaels store. theyre working with the feds and security experts to confirm if their systems were vandalized. hackers also hacked into millions of niemann marcus and target customers. back to "lockup." due to mature subject matter, viewer discretion is advised. indiana state prison is the only facility in the state with an execution chamber. not every...

Were seven inmates executed in one night, utilizing this chair and facility. >> kentucky state penitentiary has the only death-row facility in the state. today, there are nearly 40 men whose cells are a stones throw from the execution chamber. one of them is randy haight. >> this is no way to spend your life. one thing about being in prison and being on death row, especially, because theres so much idle time, is youve got a lot of time to examine yourself, think about the things that youve done,...

The nationwide ban against the death penalty was lifted in 1977. it wasnt until 2000 that robert glen koe became the first inmate to be put to death at tennessee in 40 years. so what is it like when an inmate faces his final days? it begins and ends with a process known as death watch. >> ive been on tennessees death row 23 1/2 years. >> the execution chamber looms within walking distance from the inmates block. its also known as death watch. >> riverbend has the only execution chamber in tennes...

>> we have four holding cells that are here on death watch. we have staff that work back here on 12-hour shifts when we activate this. staff are trained to work in this environment. and theyre all volunteers. >> you know its serious business, of course. everything is very clinical and methodical. and, of course, as each hour goes by, you get closer and closer. >> this is the execution chamber. as youll notice, there is an electric chair that is here and the gurney that we use for lethal injectio...

Floor. >> we have four holding cells that are here on death watch. we have staff that work back here on 12-hour shifts when we activate this. staff are trained to work in this environment. and theyre all volunteers. >> you know its serious business, of course. everything is very clinical and methodical. and, of course, as each hour goes by, you get closer and closer. >> this is the execution chamber. as youll notice, there is an electric chair that is here and the gurney that we use for lethal i...

It was nothing like that. its all messed up. man, its messed up. it sucks. >> stateville has long been home to some of illinoiss most violent offenders. the vast majority of prisoners are in for murder or violent assault. >> its hard, man. i mean, prison aint nothing nice, you know, but it aint like its they fault, you know. you live a life of crime, this is where youre going to end up. >> stateville has housed its share of infamous criminals. john wayne gacy, convicted of murdering 33 young men...

[ bleep ], id rather go home. >> richie recalled the last time he watched a fellow inmate leave death row for the execution chamber. >> his time came for them to kill him, right? and he was standing in front of my cell, you know, handcuffed, police around him. what do you say? what do you say to somebody that theyre getting ready to kill? that you care for and is your friend? you cant say -- i couldnt say nothing. good luck? ill see you around? you know? ive been through eight