Goins' execution date is fresh on Hedrick's mind. It was hard on me. I miss him a whole lot. Now, Hedrick and Beck lie on the floor and talk through a crack under their doors. They can't see each other, but they can hear each other.
Friendships develop even among convicted murderers.
I don't see them as cold-blooded killers. The prisons are so isolated they have their own electric plant. On a sunny day, the concertina wire surrounding Sussex I glistens in a strangely beautiful way. About 4 days before an execution, a death row inmate is transferred to the Death House at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarrett. There a man can die by lethal injection or electrocution, his choice.