. >> reporter: delegate mall their remembered the indication of ricky gray. murder of a family. gray should be executed march 16. but the department of corrections it's currently doesn't have the drugs to do the job. >> they are scrambling to try to find them, and we have a very violent, very evil condemned inmate that is scheduled to be executed this spring, named ricky gray. >> reporter: he used this case to persuade the colleagues to pass the bill through the house last week, which would allow the stay to execute gray or anyone else with electric chair. >> he is the type of person that most people support the death penalty for. >> reporter: 8 states, including virginia, allow use of the electric chair, something miller, a republican, defends. >> i say the suspect has ruled it's not cruel and -- suspect -- supreme court has ruled it's not cruel. >> reporter: among those who disagree. victor glassberg who represented gray. he says the case shouldn't be used to prolong the use of a form of execution, many consider to be barbaric. >> the appeal to the horrible acts that the peopl