Paula Kurland

to keep death penalty protesters at a distance.

At a few minutes to 6... Will you see everything?

Yeah.

Paula and the other witnesses are led into the prison.

Will you look at his face?

Will you look at the surroundings?

Will you hold someone's hand?

Do you have any idea what you're going to do?

Probably all of the above.

While inside, guards walk Nobles from his cell.

to the execution chamber.

He's been basically in control of my life for 12 years, and today I'll be getting my life back.

It's now one minute till 6 o'clock, the hour Paula Kurland has been waiting for with mixed emotions for all these many years.

If everything goes according to schedule, at 6 o'clock, Jonathan Wayne Nobles will be given the three injections that, when administered together, make up the lethal injection.

The first one will put him to sleep.

The second will stop his breathing.

The third one will stop his heart.

it was a very difficult thing to witness.

By 625, it's all over.

Afterwards, Noble's body is taken to a church down the street for a memorial service led by a bishop who met Noble's on death row.