joining us, robin konrad, one of joseph wood's lawyers.ome of her words i was reading in the transcript in the frantic conversation with the judge while the execution was taking place. robin konrad, thanks for beings with us. >> thank you for having any. >> you were the attorney appealing last night. your client died before a ruling was rendered. what were you hoping to happen in that conversation? what did you want from that federal judge? what could he have done? >> we wanted the federal judge to stay the execution. we got word after an hour that mr. wood was gasp iing. the execution had not been completed. this was unusual. this was an experimental drug combination and we were concerned. so we went to the federal court and asked for a stay of execution and asked that the department of corrections use life-saving measures. >> obviously the judge was in the process of turning you down on that request when the word came through that your client had died. i understand there was also an effort to contact the united states supreme court durin