A death penalty documentary short film by Scott Langley
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Uploaded by stopexecutions on Mar 21, 2010
RALEIGH - Captured on film, the warden of North Carolina's Central Prison (Marvin Polk) narrates the preparation and final hours before an execution in Raleigh, where the state execution facilities are located.
Warden Polk takes members of the press through the prison, detailing hour-by-hour the preparation, and carrying out, of a 2:00 am execution. Footage includes the deathwatch area, the table where the last meal is taken, the final holding cell, the IV preparation room, the witness room, and footage of Warden Polk and Captain Marshall Hudson wheeling the gurney into the execution chamber.
The short film includes candid discussion by the warden about the role of doctors in lethal injections as well as his own feelings on overseeing the executions.
Before each North Carolina execution (Fridays at 2:00 am, when scheduled), Central Prison offers a media tour on the preceding Monday morning to explain the execution protocol and answer questions from the press.
The film was shot during a media tour in November 2005, between the executions of Steven McHone (11/11/05) and Elias Syriani (11/18/05) by Scott Langley, a Boston-based photojournalist who has been documenting the death penalty for nearly ten years.
A free DVD quality version is available for educators and activists for educational use. Contact to order
http://www.langleycreations.com/photo/deathpenalty/video.html
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That Doctor seems so cold hearted & emotinless .......... almost as if he's not even a humon being .
I don't trust him at all .
CanadianChronic2121 2 days ago
USA your system makes me sick!
MegaZrapper 1 month ago
So Jack Kevorkianism does exist......they just list them in Prison executions as "confidential? WOW!
mamadozier1971 2 months ago
@tobyrozon In all fairness, it has long been held that the executionor is unknown. I also think that to say who the staff members are would not be a good idea. The interviewer did bring out a good point about the doctor not being allow to kill as they do take an oath to preserve life. It seems to me that the older I get the more against I am of the death penalty. I just don't think it is right for the law to put a person in the position of having to murder to a prisoner.
roblou62 9 months ago
He is just a warden....what a joke. I could make a video of a prison, when asked anything specific. Would reply, "that's confidential".
tobyrozon 1 year ago