vicki and still received piles of hate mail accusing them of not loving their daughter. you know if you can't stand by your principles when it's difficult they're not your principal. several years past before jerry learned that her washington was not guilty. it had to be like fifteen to twenty executions at that girl who was released from death row that i found out that he was he was innocent as it were out as best as a close call and you know he came with me in days in how to execute it as a person. i'll criminal justice system speed postmedia best in the world. i don't think we make those mistakes and yet when you see a person like earl washington. something happening. in the aftermath of the

oklahoma city bombing in one thousand nine hundred five congress passed legislation to escalate death sentences the result was a dramatic increase in executions by one thousand nine hundred nine jerry was putting to death more than one person per month. the death certificate reads. death by almost. you know don't make sense i don't want to be consider person deaths committed almost but that's when it really. the sixty two executions and the only kilobit active scene was myself and i refused to look into the mirror. he nearly took the life of her washington and couldn't help but wonder if there were others. research now shows that for every nine executions there is one inmate found innocent and exonerated.

one out of ten who might have been mistakenly put to death. i just thought. says harlan kentucky. the voices of the street families leave.

a coma any city with no coal mines left. the jobs are gone all the coal was a said i'd. love to see these people the survivors of disappearing before their eyes. i remember thinking when i was younger that if anything ever happened to the coal mines here that it would become a ghost town but i never thought in the million years i would see that and it's happened it's happened. nearly two years after the bombing the trial was about to begin. karen left her home in new hampshire early to arrive for the opening statements. it was

the first time she had scenes or niam since the arraignment. inside the courtroom karin and the other survivors were seated just twenty feet away he refused to look at them. the defense team would make the case that so cars are najaf was unduly influenced by his older brother. the prosecutors would argue that he was fully responsible for his actions. many victims shared their experiences including the father of eight year old martin who described having to choose between comforting his dying son and saving his daughter. over the next four weeks karen and other survivors relive the horror of the bombing they reached out to each other for support. coming to court it was amazing how quickly and how close we all got it with where like

a family. but her husband ron stayed away. since the bombing ron has changed and it's a hard thing to watch the man that you. struggle so desperately and be so angry he's just not the same as he was before federal jury convicted to heart sinai and all thirty counts he was facing for the boston marathon bombing just eleven hours the jury found our native guilty of all charges now they would decide if he should be put to death. the survivors were divided. karin's friend celeste was for a death sentence. the richards not wanting to go through years of appeals but decided against it. it's a long tough process to really examine. why you feel what you feel. you really have to look at yourself. pretty hard to decide.

as soon as vicki and sil learned the identity of the man who raped and murdered their daughter vicki wanted to know more. i want it i want to know why i want to stand what he did why was this going forward like that what was going on where was his background with what you have to talk to his mother and i to understand who he was vicki located troy graves mother and gave her a call we're on the phone together for many many hours in tears just tear sobbing with each other i said but just to understand what you are going there i want to share with you what i'm going through and maybe we can help each other and learn from each other and just come to some kind of peace with all this because god you must be going through a terrible time to wash your son and you know and she says oh this is schieber i murdered your daughter. graves mother blamed herself for her son's actions.

and i said i don't think what when he said she said it got more and more violent and i. and my kids would come to me and it's say please money lets go of this is a bad danny's bet i was telling them i can't i don't have a job i don't have you know education i can't support you oh my god how can i be angry. vicki began meeting with inmates on death row. she discovered a system of victims on all sides we can just hear she and say mom and dad now that you know about the system the terrible flaws in the bias the racial the geographic bias of cost cost issues they don't get the lawyers just all that i can or not you know what you can do upon. they began advocating across the country and quickly found that many people thought all victims wanted the death penalty. they say that

the reason we have to keep the death penalty here is because that's what murder victims' families want that's going to give them peace that's going to give them justice and we come in and say. not quite and we've been through this and this isn't the way you loose chop or you guys. are and. so you have to you have to learn to live with this hole in your heart. either we can continue to do well on it and john to well up the misery and sustain that misery that. that we incurred because of what was going on or are we can we can try and force things to change to the extent we can they countered their grief by sharing their story and providing testimony that would influence death penalty legislation. losing a loved one to murder is a tragedy on imaginable proportions this all happened to her testimony helped

maryland become the eighteenth state to repeal capital punishment i've told my daughter story now twenty two different states and i have seen the tremendous effect of this whole system on murder victims' family members. in an ongoing tribute to the memory of their daughter they can still continue their efforts to end the death penalty. in boston nearly three weeks had passed since our nails was found guilty but the federal jury had yet to make a decision about whether he should be put to death. karen went to the courthouse nearly every day. over the course of the trial she had become one of the main spokespersons in media contacts for the survivors. but for now there was nothing to do but wait.

a minute suddenly a text from a clerk inside alerted her that the jury was close to a decision. they're going to be coming al of it starting any time now i would prefer it be you know and the death penalty just because i think that's a fair thing that right. is awful if that is. i think it's the just thing that's what i'm hoping. and we are coming on the air because the jury deciding the fate of boston marathon bombers will harden i have has reached a verdict. they have sentenced him to death. news of the verdict traveled fast that you know that there is still a long road ahead but right now it feels like we can take a breath and kind of. actually breathe again you know without even realizing you can hold your breath and once the verdict came in it was like now we can start here

no point. with son lives fate sealed karin began the long drive home. i don't think it evens the score i don't think that it teaches anybody anything. i don't believe that it's going to be a deterrent to the next young man who has anger but i just think that's nothing no other choice in my mind that is fair. after seventeen years and sixty two executions jerry's time as executioner came to an abrupt end. in the midst of preparing for another execution he was subpoenaed by

a grand jury and accused of money laundering gerry claimed he was innocent but the court found him guilty. the sunday after his sentencing gerry's long held secret about his role as executioner became public. they printed in a paper he said a man to carry out execution orders for this data but ginia was found guilty once i was out i mean i'm exposed so i gotta come forward i got a camel why is this in the truth about this fair. why me know all because i didn't see you i don't want you to have to go through what happened go to. gerry served his time he learned that earl washington received a full pardon and after seventeen years was finally released from prison about four percent of the guys that have executed and they stuck out that they were innocent

so in an apple or earl's case you know placed doubt here to find out that innocent people were there on death row. after serving his time jerry worked hard to rebuild his life. he began speaking out against the death penalty one of the few executioners to do so we need to do that we need to change and i didn't enjoy killing people so what can we do to prevent these things from happening jerry thought often about washington. if i ever get to see him i want to say oh you know i'm sorry but i'm glad that things didn't go in a way there was plan to go and i'm glad to see you on a side because i can apologize to you at that take your life you know after i pad biden that's it. i'm glad i didn't get it test it so i apologize to the name

thanking the way i thought she was guilty. jerry decided to visit to talk with him face to face. though it had been many years jerry and earl swapped stories and quickly we discovered a shared custody. lie in one day i was mad and i was in a fog. i want to ritual follow soaring through ok that's what it led to yeah you know i won the world we're going to you know went through your mind not doing it he was innocent oh mama he did the whole war she aborted raise your blood get me through to the first. this is

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dust off hundred jersey the radio gives his insight on the coming clash between russia and egypt. a very warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with mean mccarran first up let's bring you up to speed on the football. colombia have just drawn level with japan in the first match of day six of the world cup that's after the samurai blue took an elite.

or c. adored men's shinji kagawa scored in the fifteen minutes just after columbia had a man sent off despite playing almost the entire first half with ten men the coffee growers pulled one back with this one the strike just before the break. it's it's it's very dramatic first game of the day there well earlier artie's world cup host stan collymore caught up with the former england international striker jay both roy has been playing in japan for the past few seasons and he shared his insights into the japanese national team here in a sense is still regarded as a game whereas in europe and england you know it's regard as your life or that you

do and if you do what a point you take it your friends you know you go speak to him you kick him you live on the floor but he's very respectful but you get very close but i think what holds the key production team back is the mentality when they qualified this time it was like they were celebrating like they've won the world cup and to me is to be done ok you know with qualified. and besides colombia's encounter with japan day six we'll also see the final match of the first round of group fixtures when poland take on senegal and then group russia and egypt are gearing up for their clash later tonight the teams have already held training sessions in russia's northern capital they'll face each other at the same petersburg stadium as spaceship like a reno built especially for this tournament where the fixtures pour thousands of fans from both teams to the city. but. how much. a lot of hard work i am i hope everything goes smoothly our

team will be on top nossa law will frighten us we're going to lose today we are out of the occult so we have to give zero to chance today. how muscle has going to be in the game to the younger years with you when you're. the last game school. well the big question on everyone's minds ahead of the game is whether egypt star striker mohammed sala is fit enough to play following a recent shoulder injury although in his latest social media post the liverpool player claims he's ready for action when most egyptians fans would admit sol is key to the team progressing in the tournament here's the story of one of the strikers most devoted fans.

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part of it you can i'm going to get the article on the article in the cinema would you connect one and them to forgive an anonymous out of them for get done with the off with the innocent agreement and i don't plan on how and how will that i'll know who see freya for the application but a bottle of wine that's the here in this is all that i feel i'm at all barking mad to see where. your voice will be we are in the end of a good book with. can with any of this might have been a flame. because it could in them and also the. luck look for the moon can fall event. and in the petersburg where the match will take place the hermitage museum is resident oracle like holder kill has made his prediction for tonight's game and you can see from the bowl of food he's eating from this he's feline faith alliance with eating

egypt's kill files good film to correctly predicting the victories of russia over saudi arabia and all iran over morocco. but for some professional predictions of the upcoming games has special co-host manchester united coach josie marino. version of egypt i think that's the match that's the match that is going to the sides qualifies for the. for them that's. normally they would get three points against saudi he sees their match because you know what i think is a different level of experience than the. mental ready for the world for this level of competition so this is a big match russia has to stop solid because of a mix that makes the difference and has to impose use physicality as one of the most important points for the match. or do as they has been given his expose

opinion on upcoming games for several days now let's check out whether his predictions have proved right. ok now before all this stoneman started to make some predictions for us didn't he mike and i think they're on the production side of a pretty little i think a little bit serious but a little bit of have a funny feeling in trying to bring some well some salt and pepper to it let's have a great day can we we know that there was a prince in europe why and russia would get active it there it is russia and europe was there in that position was there almost almost that russia needs russia needs a draw against egypt and job done lightly. briefly then let's go and create a job as i said spain and portugal and it's anyone going so i ran portugal but nothing to say we just need you just need to be careful when you play against iran

you cannot lose against iran because if you're on the six points. is qualified and one of the big ones is. should. i say let's have a look at that one jos i said france australia the title says france denmark yeah but you saw how they lost yes they lost but showing clearly that they were competing for points and if they compete that's where you're going strong and i still sing because and do obviously a better result against the war against the group thank you. great saying yeah i mean here i think i'm going to lose with nigeria not just because they lost the match but specially because the way they lost. i didn't like at all when i look to paper i like many of the players i like. the names i

saw nigerians typically strong african country but i was disappointed. it's move on to everything you know he's. city did it i did my civic did look good so. i told me to be in my predictions that i was not thinking that sort of it was going home i was wishing sort of it was going home which is a different thing because i want i want my man to go on on a holiday you could see that when switzerland got to point against brazil obviously they can get three against costa rica probably they can get one against serbia and then if they go to five. my prediction can steal can still go weeds.