Chaplain Carroll Pickett discusses 'Death House' Ministry on Fresh Air with Terry Grove 3 PM EST Check your own NPR.org station for Fresh Air with Terry Grove or check back to listen on line. No one had heard of lethel injection until Pickett began his work...
"I NEVER FELT I WAS ON THE JUDGEMENT COMMITTEE"
Taped his experiences after each execution. "Every one was different..."Can I have five more minutes for you to save me?" one fellow asked. Terry Gross asks how did you handle that? Pickett says that One guy wants to memorize the twenty-third psalm. Reverend Carroll Pickett was the death-house chaplain at the Walls prison unit in Huntsville, Texas for 13 years. During his tenure, he ministered to 95 inmates executed by lethal injection. He is the subject of a new documentary--find more on this blog...
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