Krzykowski said of the inmate, "This is a real person, with a real life".
It also permits family members, friends, clergy and others to submit statements on behalf of the inmate.
Much of the inmate explosion and racial disparities, however, grow out of the way the United States treats illegal drugs.
Even then, "only that amount of force necessary to gain control of the inmate" should be applied, the regulations state.
Mr. Griffis is one of nine guards being investigated in the death of the inmate, Frank Valdes.
Three brothers of the inmate, Michael F. Rosales, witnessed the execution; no friends or relatives of his victim attended.
The death of the inmate, James Carpenter, from flesh-eating bacteria in 2000 prompted a federal investigation.
Mr. Wassenaar locked the rest of the inmate work crew in a storage area, corrections officials said.
It may result in the sharpened end of a toothbrush being jabbed into the neck of the inmate in arrears.
One night I saw the daughter of the inmate and the daughter of the victim, and they were both leaning against that wall.
Dozens of former officials have joined death penalty opponents to appeal to Gov. Ted Strickland of Ohio, a Democrat, to spare the life of the inmate, Kevin Keith.
