The Lawspeaker
06-09-2014, 11:11 AM
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Death Row: The Final 24 Hoursnce someone has been sentenced to death, the capital punishment process begins. It usually takes years for a condemned prisoner to be executed, since there is a long appeals process at his or her disposal. People who have been sentenced to death are housed in a separate section of the prison called death row. Once a prisoner has exhausted his or her appeals, officials choose a date for the execution to take place. At this point, the prisoner may be transferred to the "death watch" area of the prison.
During the final 24 hours before a prisoner is executed, friends, relatives, lawyers and others are allowed to visit the condemned person. The final hours of a condemned prisoner's life include a last meal, a visit from a spiritual advisor and from the prison warden, and the arrival of witnesses to the execution. Finally, just before the execution begins, prison officials equip the condemned person with a heart monitor, which will later be used to verify that death has occurred.
Death Row: The Final 24 Hoursnce someone has been sentenced to death, the capital punishment process begins. It usually takes years for a condemned prisoner to be executed, since there is a long appeals process at his or her disposal. People who have been sentenced to death are housed in a separate section of the prison called death row. Once a prisoner has exhausted his or her appeals, officials choose a date for the execution to take place. At this point, the prisoner may be transferred to the "death watch" area of the prison.
During the final 24 hours before a prisoner is executed, friends, relatives, lawyers and others are allowed to visit the condemned person. The final hours of a condemned prisoner's life include a last meal, a visit from a spiritual advisor and from the prison warden, and the arrival of witnesses to the execution. Finally, just before the execution begins, prison officials equip the condemned person with a heart monitor, which will later be used to verify that death has occurred.