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Case against the state. >> i do think that they will look at what happened here and will review dosage and medication mix and mate be done different the new next time. doesn't meaning this was cruel and up usual punish. he was being executed. >> there are often lawsuits like this but usually before the execution itself. >> that's right. there have been several lawsuits where that -- that attempted to prevent an execution where new drugs were used, but experts could only find one other case where the family sued after the execution took place. that involved this man here, convicted killer kille...

>> 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 to death row. >> the warden stands at this point to look back into...

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 back over. the body is delivered ove...

>> 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 to death row. >> the warden stands at this point to look back into...

We exit, the execution team takes back over. the body is delivered over to forensics and that concludes the process. >> i don't see how a man can be that cold-blooded inside, man to kill nobody. i couldn't be at peace with myself. >> a lot of people would not want to take the job at this facility simply because of having to deal with the executions. i generally will silently say a prayer, privately. in my office in coming back here. >> you kind of put them to the back. you kind of push them back until it comes that time and you deal with it at that time. >> roughly half the prison's population...