The Truth After My Injection

Summary

The latest episode of The Docket, a legal true-crime series, featured an interview with a hospice worker specializing in psychological counseling for death row inmates.

At the end of the segment, the reporter asked him if there was ever a prisoner he couldn’t reach.

“I’ve met many who hold onto hope for an appeal, or who deeply regret their choices and wish for a different next life,” he said, his voice measured. “But there was only one inmate who chose immediate execution without hesitation.”

“She was an eighteen-year-old girl, and she was once my student. She only said one thing to me.”