You start casing out Phil's home. He has a wife and a year old infant. He has a noisy barking dog. Before you get a good killing pattern down there's a knock on your door. Its four police officers with a warrant. They come in and arrest you. You go to trial two months later. You are found guilty of first degree murder. The sentence is the chair. Now you sit on death row waiting the day while lawyers fight it out in court.