10 Last-minute Stays of Execution
On TVcrime dramas , when a defendant is condemn to death , lieutenant usually take him by the arm and escort him out of the courtroom with a eggshell - shocked look on his face . All that ’s left is a final wisecrack by a prosecutor or detective while having a celebratory Scotch whiskey , and then the credits undulate . We do n’t ask to see the bad bozo in an execution bedchamber on a gurney , with a needle in his limb ....