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Witness to an Execution
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DEATH ROW EMPLOYEE
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The tie-down team.
Reverend Carol Pickett
Warden Jim Willett and the Huntsville Walls Unit execution gurney. |
On October 12, 2000, National Public Radio's All Things Considered premiered Witness to an Execution, a major new radio documentary produced by Sound Portraits Productions examining the effects that executing inmates has on the men and women of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. In a broadcast journalism first, the documentary is narrated by Warden Jim Willett, overseer of all Texas Executions, and is told through the voices of the men and women who have participated in or witnessed as many as 162 executions. Many of those interviewed have never before spoken to the press.
The Stories
Listen to the documentary as it aired on All Things Considered. Real Audio G2
Listen as Morning Edition host Bob Edwards talks with Warden Willett. 14.4 | 28.8
Your Turn
Join the moderated discussion.
Sound Portraits Productions is an independent, not for profit production company dedicated to bringing neglected American voices to a national audience.
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