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>> 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...

And thats when i almost said if it wasnt for this shelf life thing, the hold me as i was going down, i probably would have fell all the way to the 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 cl...

Back to "lockup." 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 executi...

We didnt have much. we had love. >> 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 t...

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, think about the opportunities ...

>> the execution team will escort the condemned from his death cell into the execution 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 t...

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 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 you doing? >> how are you? >> okay. let me know if you need anything. >> we get this perception that these guys are total ...

The most recent execution in the chair occurred in 1997. >> on one date in 1929, there 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, ...

Its prisoners than all but three other states. even states in general are really slowing down on the pace at which they kill people. texas does as much as it can. the governor does not bear the responsibility alone, of course. he was also elected alongside and sworn alongside a new republican attorney general in the state of florida, too. her name is pam bundy. and before she was elected floridas new republican attorney general, she was a tv lawyer, somebody who would talk on cable news about th...

Executed, lindsay decided to leave indiana and make the long drive home to florida. >> i didnt want to see him die, and so i left. i didnt want to hear anything else about it, i didnt want to see it. i was just ready to go back to my family. >> but later that evening, just three hours before he would walk into the execution chamber, wrinkles would talk to one last person outside the prison walls. he placed a phone call to "lockup" field producer susan carney. >> i stayed in touch with eric after...