, but first we turn to one of the world's most well-known anti-death penalty activists, sister helen prejeanwalking: an eyewitness account of the death penalty.” she spoke to democracy now! tuesday night about oklahoma's scheduled execution spree. helen: we have a terrible situation going on now. all the killings have been terrle by the state of human beings. but we have a man right now, james coddington, who is in the torte chamber, all stone chamber in oklahoma, where he was put 35 days ago to await his coming execution. yesterday, they did a mock execution. he could hear everything going on. he has bright lightsn him 24 hours a day. three video cameras framed on hi his phone has been taken away from him and he has been removed from the compaonship of all the other people on death row. awaiting his debt. -- death. we in the united states, the supreme court, cannot interpret the word in the eighth amendment about not punishing people with cruel punishme. they have not en able to cognize the torture that happens to conscious, imaginative human beings put in a tiny sound as small as a bathroo