Procedure 769 The Witnesses to an Execution (1995)

Procedure 769 is the document that lays down how a prisoner is to be executed For the first time in 25 years the procedure was again followed in California USA On April 21 1992 just before 6 am Robert Harris stepped into the bright green light All witnesses had a valid reason to watch For one is was a democratic duty another wanted to see justice served some wanted to help the condemned in the last moments of his life They all looked at the same a dying man Yet each saw different things happen