last-minute stays. and once he's given the okay to proceed, then in the state of alabama, the warden has to perform the execution by lethal injection. the drug concoction is made up of three different drugs. seven syringes are used. >> sodium pentothal renders the prisoner unconscious. pabalon paralyzes the muscles. potassium chloride stops the heart. >> there are times when i wanted them to execute me. maybe because the weight of dealing with the issue, it gets unbearable. i mean, you wanted to say, man, look, i quit. i'm going to drop my appeals. >> i don't think there is any good way to have to take a life. the side bar to that, of course, is that the individual who's being put to death took a life. i look at it as just the general public or the state of alabama