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And basically face the condemned. we will read the death warrant and offer an opportunity to have any last words. most guys don't say a whole lot. after that, walk back into the control room and prepare to carry out the duties. we communicate with the commissioner's 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 them actually declaring death. we exit, the execution team takes ba...

So, they arrested us and charged both of us with capital murder. >> the execution team will escort the condemned from his death cell into the execution chamber and place him on the gurney. the microphone is basically used to read the death warrant to the condemned and also to allow the condemned to make a last statement. >> prior to being arrested and going to arraignment, i didn't even know alabama had a death penalty. so, when the judge told me the sentences that i faced, i didn't think he was telling the truth. from that point on, yeah, i knew i was coming to death row. i knew i was going t...

Of the head. >> sell it, sell it, sell it, sell it. that's right. ♪ tell me what i'm gonna do oh, baby, just tell me what i'm gonna do ♪ >> idle hands is the devil's playground, you know, so i stay busy. ♪ >> you think this can get me on "american idol"? >> the execution team will escort the condemned from the death cell into the execution chamber and place him on a gurney. >> you ain't here for going to church. you ain't here because you was doing something constructive. you been doing something constructive, you never would have been here. >> i was doing something constructive until th...

Federal appeals courts. and their numbered circuits. this weekend at the 9th circuit court, that court one level below the supreme court, day blocked an execution due to take place the day after tomorrow in arizona. they said if the state of arizona won't disclose the manufacturers of the drugs it's planning to use in this lethal injection and if it won't disclose the medical training of the people they're going it use for the execution team, the 9th circuit says that execution cannot go forward. it's an interesting dilemma for arizona right now on a very short-term basis because they've got a...

Long public history. we've always done it in a way that people were allowed to know what was happening, what means were being used. now states have tried to stop that. and that has just led to a really big deal federal court ruling. in terms of the federal court system, there's the supreme court at the top, obviously, right? one level below that are the federal appeals courts. and their numbered circuits. this weekend at the 9th circuit court, that court one level below the supreme court, day blocked an execution due to take place the day after tomorrow in arizona. they said if the state of ar...