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If the state of arizona decides to disclose that information about the drugs and about the execution team, they will be allowed to kill this prisoner on wednesday. what the court gave them is just a temporary injunction and the court says, this temporary injunction blocking the execution, it will expire if the state discloses that information. if the state discloses that info, the execution can go ahead as planned, but if the state does not disclose that information, the state will not be allowe...

Logistically speaking. in one state, this is a description of the various parts of the execution team, how they communicate with each other during an execution as the prisoner is being killed. "we have colored pencils. weve got a regular yellow, weve got a black grease pencil, a red grease pencil. if you saw red, there might be possible problems. but if you see the black or yellow, things are fine." theres a wall between the room where people push down the syringes to administer the drugs, and t...

Of the execution team, how they communicate with each other during an execution as the prisoner is being killed. "we have colored pencils. weve got a regular yellow, weve got a black grease pencil, a red grease pencil. if you saw red, there might be possible problems. but if you see the black or yellow, things are fine." theres a wall between the room where people push down the syringes to administer the drugs, and the room where the prisoner into whom those drugs are being pushed is actually si...

>> no, his vein didnt explode. even if that were a thing which its not. it is apparently not what happened in that case in oklahoma. an independent autopsy of the prisoner who oklahoma tried to kill that night and then tried to stop killing and then ended up killing anyway, that independent autopsy reportedly found that it was just medical error that screwed up that execution. the execution team failed to properly place the iv. the autopsy found skin punctures that suggested that the execution t...

>> what does that mean? >> the vein exploded. >> his vein exploded. >> no, his vein didnt explode. even if that were a thing which its not. it is apparently not what happened in that case in oklahoma. an independent autopsy of the prisoner who oklahoma tried to kill that night and then tried to stop killing and then ended up killing anyway, that independent autopsy reportedly found that it was just medical error that screwed up that execution. the execution team failed to properly place the iv. ...

Drugs was not the issue but rather they were injected incorrectly which raises a whole series of questions about who is executing these people and what kind of training do they have. from your work, what do we know about the efficacy of these systems? >> i think -- first let me start when it comes to the drugs. we still need to question the drugs because states are keeping a secret, basic information about the drugs as well as the source. the secrecy is not just limited to the drugs, its limited...

Stone of the anti-death penalty arguments. first of all, who commissioned the autopsy and what did it show? >> yes, so the autopsy was commissioned by attorneys for oklahoma death row inmates. it was by respected pathologist. the preliminary findings with i want to stress they are preliminary. the execution team improperly faced a needle in the vein. causing the drugs to go in the tissue and leak out instead of into the vein. it found there was no problem with the inmates vein quality of his vei...

We will read the death warrant and offer an opportunity to have any last words. most guys dont say a whole lot. after that, walk back into the control room and prepare to carry out the duties. we communicate with the commissioners room to ensure there are no last-minute stays and then we move forward. we start the process of administering the drugs. it takes approximately 20 to 25 minutes from administering the drugs, bringing the doctors into the room, having them perform an examination and the...

Condemned. we will read the death warrant and offer an opportunity to have any last words. most guys dont say a whole lot. after that, walk back into the control room and prepare to carry out the duties. we communicate with the commissioners room to ensure there are no last-minute stays and then we move forward. we start the process of administering the drugs. it takes approximately 20 to 25 minutes from administering the drugs, bringing the doctors into the room, having them perform an examinat...

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...