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>> 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...

Hello. president obama kicks off his re-election campaign off today with rallies at universities of ohio and virginia. they are crucial swing states. he said mitt romney is out of touch with the middle class. a 3-year-old colt won the kentucky derby. he came from behind. this is the first derby for the jockey. more news later, now 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. n...

Going down, i probably would have fell all the way down 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 closer and closer. >> this is the execution chamber. as youll notice, there is an elec...

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...

Theyve been incarcerated. >> i have a hope that one day that i can be out of prison, you know? even though that hope might be small. i know what ive done was wrong. i deserve to be where im at. ive send whatever might come. >> but the future holds for hite is not yet certain. his case is still on appeal. but one day, he might take the same back our "lock up" crew took when they shot at kentucky state. >> kentucky is one of the states that actually still has an electric chair. i had asked -- we w...

>> 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 you had in life and squandered them. >> haight...

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 closer and closer. >> this is the execution chamber. as youll n...

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 leave death row for the execution c...

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 closer and closer. >> this is the execution chamber. as youll notice, there is an electric ...

Miss her. and once again, whitney houston, dead at the age of 48. now 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 b...