in silt the answer was clear. we just can't let this anger this natural human anger and pain overwhelm us and make us so then small and hateful because it would just over time destroy us and we know that. vicki and still received piles of hate mail the cues in them of not loving their daughter. you know if you can't stand by your principles when it's difficult they're not your principles. several years past before jerry learned that washington was not guilty. it had to be like fifteen to twenty executions at that girl who was it leads 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 within days in how to execute an innocent person

. criminal justice system supposed to be the best in the world. make those mistakes and yet when you see a person like earl washington. something happened there. 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. and the death certificate reads. death by almost die. you know don't make sense i don't want to be consider a person deaths committed i'll miss i but that's what it really. at the sixty two executions. and the only kilobit accuracy 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.

you know world of big. lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to be deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to see. up slamming the door on the shouting

past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. 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 are naive 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 zone cars are najaf was unduly influenced by his older brother. the prosecutors would argue that he was fully responsible for his actions. and 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 hearts are naive 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 friends 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 won the 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 can 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 tears sobbing with each other i said but just to understand what you were going there i want to share with 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 to a terrible time to wash your son and you know and she says oh this is she or i murdered your daughter. graves mother blamed herself for her son's actions. and i said i don't think of what when he said she said it got more and more violent . 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. vickie 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 the ago not you know what you can to 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 he looks chopper he dies. hard and. so you have to you have to kind of learn to live with this hole in your heart.

either we can continue to do well on it and kind of well up the misery and sustain that misery this year. that we incurred because of what was going on earth 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 for 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 victim's family members. in an ongoing tribute to the memory of their daughter vicki in 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. that they're going to be coming out of it starting any time now i would prefer it be you know in the death penalty just because i think that's a fair thing the right thing. 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 are hard and i have has reached. the verdict. they have sentenced him to death. news of the verdict traveled fast thing know that there is still a long road ahead but right now it feels like we can take a breath and thank you. actually breathe again you know without even realizing it and all the crap. once the bird came and it's like now we can start here no point. knaves 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 the paper they say the men that 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 napa earle'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 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 had biden that's it. i'm glad i didn't get it tested so i apologize to the name thank in a way i thought she was guilty. jerry decided to do this in europe 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 a madam than i was in eighty five. i want to ritual follow soaring through ok that's what it looked each year you know i won the wood we're going to you know went through your mind not doing it he was innocent oh mama he did all war yeah she's a bloody raise your blood get me through the kitchen just. this is a good thing that i didn't give it you know because i'll bring it to wed meet it into anything long. gone also isn't something that i would have to face. but to see him crossing that bridge in to meet him in hell isn't yours and if you have. and if. you don't know because you are much you.

after three years of conflict it has been estimated that out of a population of twenty seven point four million twenty two point two million people in yemen are in need of humanitarian assistance so why are the u.s. and u.k. so committed to the saudi u.a.e.

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nations. in other news the u.s. announces its withdrawal from the human rights council over what washington political hypocrisy of the move has been met with widespread international criticism. and israeli m.p.'s public swimming pool for having. our locals are divided over whether discriminatory. it is wednesday morning here in moscow just off the eight o'clock we have the current top stories and in particular your latest action as well. but we do start with our special coverage of the world cup has been all night host nation pulled

off a stunning victory against egypt winning three to one. united goalkeeper. walk ok. the atmosphere here where we are has been absolutely electrifying for for all of this tournament we've had most of the south american teams and their fans have been marching to and from the things that i think i saw when the second goal went in and out of the even though i'm not sure you can hear that that's a massive cost that their. central moscow has gone all for the rails three one is everything russian fans could ever wish for in this game but the most insane part about the situation in

the russian capital right now is that this is not even the main flashpoint. there are people countries from the all over there was but tonight it doesn't matter that you can hear chants to russia russia. over. the man i see it is does he find these people who are lying. beside him everything he needs a celebration full of russians this is the russian capital comes to celebrate. this was a group this dear man was. still worth so much happens when was first game five the first for it was either the russians killing is it.

who are you cheering for is it brazil is it russia. who are you cheering for. the other. cheering for both brazil is the home country illusion is this amazing country that these do it is amazing and forgettable. i always had the impression that no one really believes that russia has a football team to do anything as an organizing country absolutely sure that this could happen but as a football team but what has happened over the last six days five days it is you know it's completely changed the mood of what the world cup is this is what these big events torments it brings the world together and people in reality don't care

where it is as long as it's nice the weather is nice and there are places where they can actually party and it's organized well as to say it's been organized really well and you know people have been allowed to do what what they want and supporting this is what happens when multiculturalism globalism works and people come together and i'm just wondering how many friends this guy waving his flag and dancing around that just outside the kremlin of all places i mean you friends he's going to make this is yeah it's a party but it's a party without alcohol this is the party of just high spirits a convincing win but it took a little bit of luck to break the taco stride off and and we can see the first go here among he probably feels like he needs a drink now when fancy conceded the first goal and this is how it happened this was in the forty seven minutes is nil after on and i was saying to peter kay not to see the first forty five and this happens. ron zonen shops pretty weak no danger

and so. on to his knee got in the way i actually think and he left the fencing that would have gone awful strong yeah good that's how about this. it wasn't how wide it was but it's sometimes something happens that you can't explain and if you ask him what happened that is he would say i don't know but that kind of set the tone and then very shortly after that the second goal. was to go out and would you believe it dennis cherish if you didn't even start the first game and can take a month and start to and again. turned the right place at the right time the ball in every high and the egyptian goalkeeper and now he is a top scorer with renowned us from the south pole would have thought that golden can and wasn't in the starting eleven and this is a world cup a surprise disobey so so what we talked about the change today between small of and super smallest out on the bench and super was up front i have to give you credit

you are in favor of this season this is a good change. he didn't disappoint i'd like super in the sense that he came on and changed the name but again saudi arabia west of all of that nothing so i think you know now that you know chance of his is vindicated face decision because as you can see zuba scored the first goal i need some style i know it's a long ball up but he has control of the ball was really good the way he took it under the foot of the defend and the way he started then he's he's a really really good player for four for russia so three mil and really just chaotic scene syrian central moscow this point deafening cheers from that from the crowds below us then it was just a flick and you start to wonder is there a comeback on when this happened this is in the seventy third minute so that the golden man for egypt is pulled down most allow the referee gives a free kick and this is where we saw document things first of all what a finish that what a what

a confidence penalty kick that is you know it doesn't matter what the goalkeeper does in that situation that you pick the right side well i'm going to put it out there because the goal to have a very very rarely pick. right i so but yes an absolute perfect example on how supposed to work the referee things like free kick but he gives it's committed outside the box so the rules are that the assistant he then says we have to have a look oh i can tell you that was inside the box he cannot argue the decision the referees already done that so that can't be changed but the plays where the offense was was made can be changed and first gave the free kick then you listen to the assistant and then he was he realized you inside the box straight away get the penalty no complaints from anyone. this might not have had a major impact in this particular game but this could be in a very significant in later much especially in the knockout rounds this is one of

those incidents where sometimes you don't get a penalty should have done and you're complaining that cost you the tournament in previous world cups i was thing that's kind of an iconic item you know we had to visit a liz in a moment previous to her i think rapidly becoming the iconic item of russia twenty eighty could be the mustache if maybe it's going to be the mistress of victory the way things are going it's the chevy chase so from a stash there it is everybody wants to beat the russian manager because he has the golden touch you know this was a gimmick started by a late night russian t.v. host i wanted to show support for standards of chess of who we still go to see smile it enough and yet and and everyone's been encouraged to go yes that's a semi smile i would say that was probably on his wedding day i think the focus is this is good you know this is this is buying people together it's like come in the number made their way there with a everyone talks about the world cup that's going to be a bestseller now i'm sure that that's going to be very popular you know he he is a hero at the moment for russia of course is every decision that he has made has

been the right decision and fish of the choosing his mate has paid off and has actually worked at sea for for him so so far to russia. managed to say here off i off the russian team oh she can talk about the challenges if you scored three goals and zuba but you need someone to meet them and he has done that and when he picks the squad and people forget that he picks somebody all silas thinks senators and has retired from international football and still is working a stunning and memorable victory for the hosts russia against egypt in st peter's but zob how the shot which is deflected into his own goal by ahmed thought see twelve minutes late good work by mario foot on those on the right fed cherish of who finished quite neatly to make it to nil and off to the game we managed to catch up with him to get his emotions.