In the gruesome business of executing people, there are specific rules that are followed step by step according to an official Execution Protocol. The policy is restricted and secret. Prisoners can not know how they are going to be executed.
Nothing is to be added or deleted from the official protocol.
At least that is the way it is supposed to be. There are certain procedures that go into effect almost immediately after the condemned person receives his execution warrant. The warrants are usually dated 35 days before the event. The first thing that occurs is that you receive a copy of the execution warrant from the warden or his designee. Then you are given various other forms to fill out.