THEY
THEY ASKED IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION TO PLEASE GIVE THEM A CALL4@.
>> GRACE KING ON THAT STORY.
FIFTY EIGHT YEAR OLD NIKKI
SUTTON OF MORRISTOWN IS SET IN
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR IN LESS THAN
THREE4@ HOURS.
HE'S BEEN4@ ON DEATH ROW SINCE
1986 FOR KILLING A FELLOW
INMATE4@.
SUTTON WAS ALREADY IN PRISON
SERVING A LIFE SENTENCE FOR
THREE4@ MURDERS.
WPI ARE 10 NEWS2 REPROTER JIM
MATHENY IS4@ WITH THE V4@ERY LAT
ON THESE FINAL HOURS BEFORE
NIKKI SUTTON'S EXECUTION JIM4@
AND ROBYN AND JOHN WEAHTER
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS JUST4@
OUTSIDE THE GATE OF THE
RIVERBEND MAXIMUM SECURITY
INSTITUTION AND THIS IS A
DESIGNATED AREA FOR PROTESTERS
NOT REALLY ANY PROTESTERS HERE
NOW.
>> THE WEATHER MAY HAVE
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.
IT IS VERY COLD OUTSIDE BUT YOU
KNOW, A WIDE RANGE OF VOICES
THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS OF
ACTUALLY ASKED THE STATE TO
SPARE NIKKI SUTTON INCLUDING
SOME4@ FORMER PRISON GUARDS AND
SOME RELATIVES OF HIS VICTIMS
BUT NOW ASKS4@ WBIR HOW SUTTON
GOT TO THIS POINT TO BEGIN WITH
GOING BAC4@K TO 1979, SUTTON
MURDERED THREE PEOPLE INCLUDING
HIS GRANDMOTHER.
THAT'S WHAT4@ LANDED HIM IN4@
PRISON FOR LIFE.
BUT THE REASON HE IS SET FOR4@
EXECUTION IS HE MURDERED A
FELLOW INMATE BACK IN 19854@, AY
COOK.
SHE'S THE SISTER OF ONE OF
SUTTON'S VICTIMS BACK IN NINE
AND SHE SAYS THIS EXECUTION IS
LONG OVERDUE.
>> I'M JUST READY FOR IT TO BE
OVER WITH.
>> I'M FINE WITH HIM.
OVER WITH. >> I'M FINE WITH HIM.4@ IT DOESN'T SOUND VERY CHRISTIAN
OF ME, BUT I'M FINE WITH HIM4@
BEING EXECUTED.
>>4@ NOW COOK IS AT THE PRISON
FOR THE EXECUTION TONIGHT.
>> HOWEVER, SHE'S NOT REALLY
GOING TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS IT
IN PERSON.
THAT'S BECAUSE HER BROTHER'S
CASE IS NOT WHAT SENT NIKKI4@
SUTTON TO DEATH ROW.
BUT SHE IS HERE. 4@
SHE'S GONNA BE JUST OVER DOWN
THE HALL MAYBE THE NEXT ROOM
OVER NOW.
SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO WITNESS
THIS EXECUTION IS OUR JOHN
NORTH.
HE IS ONE OF THE STATE'S
OFFICIAL MEDIA WITNESSES.
NOW HE'S ALREADY GONE INSIDE
THE PRISON BUT JUST BEFORE HE
LEFT TO GO INSIDE WE SPOKE TO
HIM ABOUT THIS PROCESS4@4@.
IT WON'T BE UNTIL ABOUT SIX
FORTY FIVE THAT4@ THEY'LL FINALY
LEAD US INTO THE VIEWING
CHAMBER WHICH IS RIGHT OFF THE
DEATH CHAMBER.
WE WILL SIT T4@HERE PROBABLY IF
IT'S LIKE LAST TIME4@ WE'LL SIT
THERE IN THE DARK FOR 20 OR 25
MINUTES THEY'LL BRING4@ THE
INMATE IN, SEAT HIM.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR THAT AT
SOME POINT BECAUSE THEY'LL TURN
THE AUDIO ON AND THEN THEY'LL
LIFT THE CURTAIN AND WE WILL
SEE NICK4@ BUTN.
YOU SAID LIKE THE ONE BEFORE
YOU PREVIOUSLY THE EXECUTION OF
BILLY RAY ISAAC4@.
THAT WAS A LETHAL INJECTION.
THIS IS GONNA BE A DIFFERENT
PROCESS AND THIS IS4@ YOUR SECOD
TIME WITNESSING AN EXECUTION.
THIS IS THE SECOND ONE AND IT'S
DEFINITELY GOING TO BE VERY
DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU4@ GO THROUGH
THE INJECTION PROCESS YOU'RE
WATCHING PEOPLE4@ ESSENTIALLY GT
SHOTS NOW THEY'RE ABOUT TO DIE
BUT T4@HEY'RE TAKING MEDICATION
THAT'S GOING TO SLOWLY PUT THEM
TO SLEEP AND4@ KILL THEM.
SO THERE'S4@ SORT OF A DIFFERENT
MINDSET THIS IS GOING TO BE
WATCHING AN4@ INMATE STRAPPED
DOWN WITH SALTWATER POURED OVER
HIS HEAD AND THEN A HOOD PLACED
OVER HIS HEAD AND THEN THEY'RE
GOING TO GIVE A COUPLE JOLTS.
IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
THING.
AND PEOPLE4@ REACT DIFFERENTLY
SOMETIMES TO THAT ONE JUST FOR
YOU PERSONALLY.
>> I MEAN THIS IS YOU ARE AN
OFFICIAL STATE WITNESS AND I
MEAN THIS IS NOT A NORMAL THING
.
EVEN THOUGH YOU'VE DONE IT
BEFORE, GO SAY I'M GOING TO GO
WATCH SOMEONE DIE.
THE STATE IS GOING TO KILL
SOMEONE FOR THIS.
HOW DO4@ YOU JUST MENTALLY
PREPARE FOR THIS AS WELL?
I HAD A4@ GREAT QUESTION.
I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO COME
TO A PLACE IN YOUR HEAD WHERE
YOUR YOUR BEING A PROFESSIONAL
AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB.
WHAT I WANT TO DO WHAT I HOPE
TO DO WHAT I TRIED TO DO LAST
TIME WAS FOCUS4@ VERY HARD ON
TAKING NOTES, PAYING ATTENTION
TO WHAT'S HAPPENING.
EVERYTHING4@ AROUND ME OBSERVING
EVERYTHING AND JUST CONCENTRATE
ON THAT MOMENT4@ AND TRY VERY
HARD NOT TO GET EMOTIONALLY
INVOLVED IN THE FACT THAT I'M
WATCHI4@NG4@ SOMEBOD4@Y PRESUMAY
DIE.
NOW THE STATE SAYS NIKKI SUTTON@
HAS RECEIVED HIS LAST MEAL.
>> HIS EXECUTION SET4@ THE CLOCK
HERE IN NASHVILLE.
THAT'S 8:00 EASTERN TIME.
WE'RE GOING