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Penitentiary on april 29, 2014, clayton lockett was led to the execution chamber while charles warner waited in the wings. zeva bransetter witnessed lockett's execution. >> it was my fourth execution to witness. it was scheduled for 6:00 p.m. eventually, they roll up the shade at 6:20. lockett was asked if he had a last statement, and he just said no. >> at 6:23 p.m., lockett was injected with midazolam to render him unconscious. >> at 6:31, the doctor checked consciousness, and the warden announced thathe inmate was still conscious. a few minutes later, the doctor checked consciousness again ...

Mr. mcguire we argued that midazolam was likely to leave him in severe pain, almost torture, as if he were drowning or unable to breathe and choking and gasping for air. >> but arguing the dangers of midazolam presented an unnerving catch-22. >> the burden of proof is so high to show that it's going to go bad it actually has to go bad. >> the judge said that this was clearly an experiment. but he likewise said that the inmate was not entitled to a pain free execution. >> the federal court has ruled that they believe the execution will be humane. if i believe that it would not be, we would not ...

Compared our ice agents to the slave catchers and they didn't. >> when was i silent on that? >> the new underground railroad. they like to throw these racial terms back and forth. what it really shows you though is that they really don't care about minorities. because they don't appreciate the experience that we overcame. they want to compare this to gestapo, are you kidding me? they are just doing their job. whether you like it or not these people broke laws and there are consequences for it. leland: doing the job excuse is not one that we probably want to use in this case. difference between...

>> 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 ain't no joke. they execute people here, and if you don't work on your case on death row they'll march your ass over there and strap you to that table and murder you. on death row our cells are a little bigger than population's, but i'd rather have one of them smaller cells. [ bleep ], i'd 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 ...

And try to obviously portray the good things that they've done while they've been incarcerated. >> i have a hope that one day i can be out of prison, you know. even though that hope might be small. i know that what i done was wrong. i deserve to be where i'm at. i've accepted whatever might come. >> what the future holds for haight is not certain. his case is still on appeal. but one day he might take the same walk our "lockup" crew took when they shot at kentucky state. >> kentucky is one of the states that actually still has an electric chair. i asked we want to make sure we get a shot of th...