former warden of the georgia diagnostic and classification prison where he oversaw executions for the state of georgia. mr. ault, thanks for your time tonight. please describe what happened today from your understanding of how this unusually plays out. well, as the commissioner of corrections i was involved in several executions. and it s one thing to theory rise about it or talk about it abstractly. but when you re in the death chamber ordering an execution, and even if you in your mind if you re a man of conscience actually believe somebody is guilty, it s still a very premeditated murder. i mean, it s scripted and rehearsed. it s about as premeditated as any killing that you can do. and then when there is doubt, either way it exact a heavy toll
former warden of the georgia diagnostic and classification prison where he oversaw executions for the state of georgia. mr. ault, thanks for your time tonight. please describe what happened today from your understanding of how this usually plays out. well, as commission of corrections i was involved in several executions and it s one thing to they re rise about it or talk about it abstractly but when you re in the death chamber ordering an execution, and even if you, in your mind, are a man of conscious, believe somebody is guilty, it is still very pre medcated murder. it s scripted and rehearsed. about as premeditated as any killing that you can do. and then, when there is doubt,
court. nbc news correspondent thanh tuong live in jackson, georgia, doing great work for nbc tonight there, thanh. thank you so much for your time. we ll be right back with naacp president ben jealous. and also surprising news about why it is that the warden of the president in which troy davis awaits possible execution tonight in georgia, the warden of the georgia diagnostic and classification prison is the former warden of that prison is weighing in and asking georgia officials to delay, if not stop this execution. a voice that you would not expect at this part of this case. and i ll tell you why that is happening when we come back. [ male announcer ] this is the network.