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>> uh-huh. >> look up. i haven't seen you in a while. >> i want him to be here and i don't want him to be here. i want him to learn his lesson while he's here so he knows right from wrong and knows what to do and what not to do at the right time so that he won't do it again. >> i want to let him know that we love him no matter what, but make it easier on us when we come up here. >> if bonds maintains a clean record for one year, he can petition to get his contact visits restored. >> i'm praying and hoping, hoping this is the last time they have to come up here like this and see me behind the g...

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 stone's 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 there's so much idle time, is you've got a lot of time to examine yourself, think about the things that you've done, think about the opportunities you had in ...

The nationwide ban against the death penalty was lifted in 1977. it wasn't 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. >> i've been on tennessee's death row 23 1/2 years. >> the execution chamber looms within walking distance from the inmates' block. it's also known as death watch. >> riverbend has the only execution chamber in tennessee to carry out executions. it was constructed with a death penalty in mind. >> i've had five ...

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 they're all volunteers. >> you know it's 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 you'll notice, there is an electric chair that is here and the gurney that we use for lethal injection. >> prior to 1999, anyone given the death penalty in tennes...

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 they're all volunteers. >> you know it's 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 you'll notice, there is an electric chair that is here and the gurney that we use for lethal injection. >> prior to 1999, anyone give...