1.   But neither public nor political support developed and, by execution day, the plan had been shelved.

2.   Fewer anti-death penalty demonstrators are drawn to the Walls on execution days.

3.   Normally, the board decides a case before execution day.

4.   On execution day, the inmate gets a last-meal request, a hot shower, and a choice of prison-made clothes.

5.   As execution day approached, more visitors poured through the gates of the Oklahoma City National Memorial in downtown Oklahoma City.

6.   Echegaray would not be informed of date until after sunrise of execution day, a prohibition described by his lawyers as inhuman.

7.   Joan Grubba plans to take her family out of town on execution day for fear of trouble.

8.   On execution day, they meet again and he introduces the prison staff when the inmate arrives at a holding cell adjacent to the death chamber at The Walls.

9.   Under current government rules, authorities are forbidden from informing Echegaray of his impending execution until after sunrise on execution day.

10.   Under government rules, Echegaray would not be informed of the date until after sunrise on execution day, a prohibition described by his lawyers as inhumane.