PROCESS BEFORE LETHAL INJECTION

Like every legal execution in the United States, the inmate is prepared for death before his/her actual execution. This process includes a change of clothing, a last meal of his/her choice, and a shower. The prisoner is taken to a chamber of execution and two IV tubes are inserted into his/her arm, then a saline solution is fed into the prisoner's arm. The tubes are expanded from another room where the execution will be carried out. This seperate room contains direct telephone connection to officials who are advising the execution. Once the tubes are connected, there is a curtain that is pulled back reveiling the whole room so that witnesses may watch the execution. Then finally the prisoner is allowed to make his/her last statement. The executioners are blocked view of the prisoner and the witnesses, and the lethal dose is given manually so that there is no mechanical failure.