as the years pass shawn's lawyers try in vain to get a retrial. psychiatrists claim to have brought to light psychological disorders that were on no one at the time of the trial shown now in adults writes books attacking occultism receives thousands of letters and maintains correspondence with hundreds of teenagers. when i met him thirteen years after his condemnation get exhausted all legal recourse. are we deliver it is here it i gave her most of the streets to believe you know what is there it is you know. nothing to die actually. am. three days after meeting sean i sit in on a clemency hearing that takes place in this small chapel near the penitentiary. is jones' last chance to have his death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. but. steve presson sean's new lawyer is working day and night to prevent the execution. the five members of the jury selected by the state governor are to offer recommendations as to whether or not sean sellers should be pardoned. if in the end a governor makes the decision on his own activists against the death pen

when he was sixteen shawn murdered his mother vonda and his stepfather leave. their birds here in eastern oklahoma. yes. i found some archive footage on this tragedy of the local t.v. station. one night while vonda and lee were sleeping in the home shown shot them with his stepfather scum has always claimed that he committed this crime while under the power of an uncontrollable force. when the teenager was arrested he admitted the double murder and confessed to another crime. six months before he walked into a convenience store with an accomplice and shot dead a cashier. he was only fifteen at the time. as accomplice in the convenience store shooting was also arrested richard was shawn's friend and both boys were obsessed with satanism. the two teenagers would tell the police that they killed the grocer just to see what it would feel like. richard accepted to testify against shown in exchange for a lighter sentence. when this is evidence even shown sellars own confession everything was in place for a trial but the legal system was hesitant should this teenager

shawn was too. nine hundred nine when this interview took place. most people around here you know all this season did ruin all the season chains wars and cry. so. you know if all you can see is this summer's herzog. did someone is killed somebody. that someone is dangerous did you with the person who did the person deserves to die. and. i don't blame the. exhibit this is what. the only people who really really. have. to want to see me did and people have heard the media her story she knows what i didn't i was sixteen years old those people have a right to hate me those legal have a right to be angry with me those people have a right to what we did if i ever heard you why do you want me to die. when he was sixteen shawn murdered his mother vonda and his stepfather leave. their birds here in eastern oklahoma. i found some archive footage on this tragedy at the local t.v. station. one night while vonda and lee were sleeping in their home sean shot them with his stepfather scum. he has always claimed that he committed this crime while under the power o

as you know shawn was sixteen years old when he committed these murders that's not to say that shawn sellers should not be punished for his crimes sean is being punished no rational person can deny that each day for the last thirteen years john a slope on a concrete slab just inches from a metal toilet in a windowless room smaller than most of our own closets there he spends twenty three hours a day often twenty four and if he's not executed held will spend the rest of his life in just such an existence is it better than annoying gave his victims many say not but no one can credibly argue that imprisonment is not punishment sean has been punished is being punished and will be punished. and i ask you about clemency if not now we're. not showing sellers who. on sellers was on a dark. desolate death row. very dark on that row finding angle. please don't extinguish them on. you. during the hearings the families of the victims get to say their piece. the parents and children of lee belafonte shawn stepfather are here to demand that the execution be carried out. among them on lorna know we

shawn's court appointed lawyer presented as evidence psychological evaluations that diagnosed severe personality disorders in the defendant. but the prosecutor was adamant in demanding the death sentence. think it's raw tragedy that in the united states a sixteen yo when he commits a crime can be put. in one thousand nine hundred seven sean sellers was sentenced to death and first became the youngest person condemned to death in the united states in the past fifty years. over the thirteen years following his sentencing sean grew up an adult in the macalister penitentiary in these half buried buildings the cells which are underground have no natural light. as the years pass shaun's lawyers try in vain to get a retrial. psychiatrist claim to have brought to light psychological disorders that were on no one of the time of the trial shown now an adult writes books attacking the cultures of. the stars and of letters and maintains correspondence with hundreds of teenagers. when i met them thirteen years after his condemnation he had exhausted all legal recourse. for we'll ever hear it. i c

when he was sixteen shawn murdered his mother vonda and his stepfather leave. their birds here in eastern oklahoma. i found some archive footage on this tragedy at the local t.v. station. one night while vonta and lee were sleeping in their home shown showed them with his stepfather scum. he committed this crime while under the power of an uncontrollable force. when the teenager was arrested. and confessed to another crime. six months before he walked into a convenience store with an accomplice and shot dead a cashier he was only fifteen at the time. his accomplice in the convenience store shooting. richard. would tell the police that they killed just to see what it would feel like. richard accepted to testify in exchange for a lighter sentence. as evidence even. everything was in place for a trial but the legal system was hesitant. to point of. evidence psychological evaluations that diagnosed severe personality disorders in the defendant. but the prosecutor was adamant in demanding the death sentence. tragedy. in one thousand nine hundred seven sean sellers w

it was not far from here where shawn kingston had that near fatal jet ski crash.looks good now. he's lost nearly 70 pound. but ultimately, it's what he could have lost that's helped him gain a new perspective. ♪ beautiful girls >> reporter: with hits like "beautiful girls" and "fire burning," shawn kingston had been riding high. >> right now, i'm on my myspace. >> reporter: his charmed career discovered on ascc1: myspace at the annual of ge of . the concert on the "today" show in 2007 was the debut. but it all came crashing to an end. it was memorial day, shawn moved into his house and was having a party when hed decided to go fo a care-free ride. he decided to go on hi jet ski like this one outside of his home. >> we weren't riding earlier. we took a break and wanted to go back out again. >> shawn hit the waves with a female friend. he says he was going about 40 miles per hour when he approached a bridge. >> i tried to go under it. when i found out that the tide got high and i couldn't make it, i tried to hit the brakes and it was too late. >> that's when tragedy

that case and others that i've done but shawn's because i was pretty close to. destroyed my faith in the american legal system before doing death row cases i had the highest confidence in our courts in our law enforcement because i was a cop for ten years. and i practiced civil law and i worked in the courts and i thought that things were good and far and it was seeing the machinery of the state moving so venomously. vemma not only against these people on death row two to extinguish their lives and ignoring good evidence and ignoring constitutional violations. that just took it out of me. made me it's made me bitter i'm burned out. i really dislike the system i dislike being a lawyer. that's what it is that. steve no longer attends the execution. many people in oklahoma claim that the executions are humane and painless. i'm heading to mcallister in the eastern part of the state where the penitentiary is located to find the man who executed shown sellers. in oklahoma of the prison guards carry out the death sentences. the simplest way is to run an ad in the local

>> no. >> reporter: four years later, shawn was found very much alive. >> this is probably the best daylives. >> reporter: browne apologied, but says she's broken case after case since. >> somebody that's holding out hope, you tell them their kid's dead? >> you are amazing. >> thank you. >> reporter: it's because he's much more than a critic. he's a crusader, a mentalist, who for years has yuked magic tricks to prove magical powers are just an illusion. >> it's not been proven in a laboratory yet. it's not science. it hasn't been science, it never has been. >> reporter: to prove his point, when he was just 18, banachek managed to convince researchers that his gifts were worthy of scientific study. it was all a ruse. >> to be honest, we cheat. >> reporter: had he not told me it was a trick, i would have believed he was a psychic. >> i signed it, i sealed it, i stuck it in my bra, for god's sakes. >> what did you draw? >> five dots, 1073, it is a three -- three lines? >> reporter: five dots, three lines. >> how did you get my number? that's my number. wish you could see the look on my son

thank you both for joining us, cynthia and shawn. the interesting question. the president has three options. put up a big harry truman-type plan. big and democratic. lots of jobs, lots of spending, borrowing, but do it the democratic way. put people to work. dare the republicans to vote against it. number two, compromise a little of this, a little of that or roll over and give them what they want, more business tax cuts. the options. where should he go? >> b and c are about the same, chris. compromising with republicans is rolling over. that's virtually what happened in the debt ceiling debate. there were absolutely no tax increases, because the republicans wouldn't give in at all, and the president did. he absolutely needs to be harry trouping. >> give him something that you have to choke on. >> you have got to -- even if he proposes small things, they're not going to vote for it. they're going to say no. why not be big, be bold, be imaginative and hang it around the republicans' necks. >> my big question. why wouldn't the president tell us what he would do

same old shawn. i said i'm going to ride around town. shawn said can i go with you?odness i had him in the truck with me. >> shawn more dpan, that's the shawn he was referencing made a court appearance today. did not enter a plea. charged with first degree murder in the case of three-year-old breeann rodriguez. she was last seen riding bikes with her brother two weeks ago. in a court document, morgan tells police he saw breeann standing that very day on a ladder at his swimming pool, this ladder in fact. grabbed her, took her inside, suffocated her with a white trash bag. he goes on to tell police he placed her little body in the same trash bag and tossed it into this flood way. the question still remains, motive. why did he do this? this is a man, one neighbor describes as a loving father. his three kids played with the rodriguez's children. what happened to him? sheriff bob holder has been out and about searching with these teams for little breeann. he's kind enough to join me on the phone from missouri. any news today on breeann, sheriff? >> no. we began at 7:00 t

if you want to try to imitate shawn, good luck on that. >> will be foun see him out there. >> thanks us for the news at 4:00. >> and news and 5:00 continues right now. >> message for all parents from the father of a young boy on the day he buries his son, killed by a straight strai bullet. >> small children with large weapons, one police department is defending pictures and those struggling to find work get a chance to share their stories on capitol hill. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings, family, friends and others came together to honor live of a little boy. >> a child killed by a stray bullet. the 3-year-old shot a week ago yesterday. the unintended target in a drive by shooting on the streets. and we're live with a deeply-moving funeral service. >> there aren't any words, but let me show thu memorial here. this is the spot where little carlos was gunned down. and we heard today from his father that his family's coverage is drk drk courage is remarkable. just minutes after burying his son, his father spoke for the first time. and has a message for parents. >>

. >> eric shawn's parking sale begins this week. >> the lady was loading a bunch of stuff from walgreen'snto the trunk. >> he pulled over. he waved the parking officer and when the space opened up he parked there. >> two months later i get a parking ticket in the mail. >> it was no mistake. a $250 ticket for blocking a bus stop. he appealed but mta wouldn't budge. >> he one honorable mention for the most outrageous parking ticket story. they one got two tickets in one week for staying longer than an hour. >> they told her she didn't move her car far enough. >> you can't move down the block. you have to move a complete city block. the sign doesn't say that. >> she lost her appeal but she won the grand prize. >> they are going to pay my ticket. >> the small business owner who organized the contest is trying to prove a point. that the parking ticket enforcement has become so aggressive they are scaring away customers. >> you get a ticket for $50 or $55 or more. >> grocery store owner says it makes it hard to compete with stores that have parking lots but mta says they are trying to help busi

the problems are much more untractable at this point. >> shawn, do you believe that congress needs to raise revenues? >> you have to be careful about that. our financial flexibility is limited right now. if you believe in the n neo kenseyians, to damp enwhat little economic activity there is. you have to be careful to not push the country back into a recession. >> david walker, could this have been avoided? >> well, it could have been. look, let's focus on a few things. there may have been a math error by the s&p but that math error while being embarrassing may not be enough to change their judgment that this downgrade was still appropriate. secondly, there's absolutely no question that the political system in washington is dysfunctional. and, shirdly, there's no question that both political parties are to blame. the last ten years have been the most fiscally responsible here in the united states. they took the issues off the table and took off medicare, medicaid, social security, comprehensive tax reform. these people need to grow up and get serious. we have more time in the european

they lost vonda and sean i just lost my father and they lose more you bet grandfather jim shawn's and debbie refused to come to the execution on february fourth one thousand nine hundred nine sean took about six minutes to die. i don't know what i thought. i saw an end. person. i didn't want to. but i was so angry i still wanted it to go. and i had great remorse sometimes for us most of the time. that it's done it's done deal done and over the years i've not had to worry that this one is just as nap and when he gets out it's not that i worry about things just i had no worries cheney years closure. only ones present at sean's execution that night there were also those who had tried to save him. jones execution left scars on his lawyer steve present. steve still lives in the little town of norman near oklahoma city. specializing in final appeals of the condemned he has lost eleven of them and he has defended and succeeded in saving only two of them. and we hear so many people who support the death penalty saying well it's part of our system we have. the only reason that we haven't start

on the list of live performances, mark, shawn mulleins, vicki martinez.of great music on four stages and a wine garden. you can see the long line of white booths booths and the main stage as crews continue to get things ready. if you want to head down bart is probably your best bent for downtown oakland and there will be parking garages open. if you want to buy tickets go online and purchase them in advance or buy them that gate. kron 4 news. >>> the 49ers versus the raiders tomorrow night. gary has a preview and the giants can't score against the yeah, i'm married. does it matter? you'd do that for me? really? yeah, i'd like that. who are you talking to? uh, it's jake from state farm. sounds like a really good deal. jake from state farm at three in the morning. who is this? it's jake from state farm. what are you wearing, jake from state farm? [ jake ] uh... khakis. she sounds hideous. well she's a guy, so... [ male announcer ] another reason more people stay with state farm. get to a better state. ♪ >>> all right. good evening, everybody. you don't scor

debbie refused to come to the execution on february fourth one thousand nine hundred nine shawn talk about six minutes to die it's just so. person. because i didn't want to. but i was so angry. and i have great times for. it it's done it's. worth years had to worry. it's what is just as nappy what if he gets the kids out and they are worried that. it's. present a child's execution that night there were also those who had tried to save him. think. jones execution left scars on his lawyer steve press and. began to. steam still lives in the little town of norman near oklahoma city. rationalizing and final appeals of the condemned he has lost eleven of them and he has defended and succeeded in saving only two of them. and we hear so many people who support the death penalty saying well it's part of our system we have it. the only reason that we have it as part is of the system is because they act to change it and they they support the system and it's wrong and they don't know why it's so they don't know first hand. or even second hand what. a horrible. process it is. i don't know until o

on saturday an iranian court sentenced shawn bower and josh fattal for eight years in prison for charges on spying and illegally entering iran. they will appeal. they were arrested in 2009. shourd was released last year on medical grounds. on mornings on two yesterday we talked to a man that is in close contact with their lawyer. they hope something will be worked out. and secretary of state hillary clinton issued a statement saying quote we continue to call and work for their immediate release. it is time for them to return home and be reunited with their families. >>> the assault charges against dominic strauss kahn could be dropped tomorrow. the former head of the international monetary fund was arrested in may when a hotel made told police he sexually sa district attorney is trying to figure out if they will retry airs. he's accused of molesting several young boys during therapy sessions. in june a jury found ayres unfit for trial due to dementia. families of alleged victims hired a private investigators that followed ayres to a lunch meeting last week. it shows ayres is not the dott

on the list of live performances, mark, shawn mulleins, vicki martinez. lots of great music on four stages and a wine garden. you can see the long line of white booths booths and the main stage as crews continue to get things ready. if you want to head down bart is probably your best bent for downtown oakland and there will be parking garages open. if you want to buy tickets go online and purchase them in advance or buy them that gate. kron 4 news. >>> the 49ers versus the raiders tomorrow night. gary has a preview and the giants can't score against the team with the league's worst record. gary has that story and all the sports, she next. @ hi...do you happen to have any brilliant silver altimas? yea, right over here. look at 'em all. what about a black frontier with utilitrack? absolutely. oh, great, that's awesome. what about a platinum graphite rogue with touch-screen nav, bluetooth, and...a moonroof? with or without leather? we got 'em both. [ sighs ] i gotta get back. [ male announcer ] the most innovative cars are also the most available cars. nissa

how are the mothers of shawn bauer and josh fattal kind of keeping it together?> you know, they tell us constantly that they gain strength from each other. they talk to each other every day. sometimes more than once a day. they've been sending letters to their, to shane and to josh throughout. we're also understanding that the swiss ambassador by the way has not yet been informed of what is happening now according to our sources, so she's aware of the reports. this is someone who is the main conduit from the families as well as for the state department since the u.s. has not diplomatic relations with iran. so that's what we're hearing at this time. but remember, one key thing about this, fred, is that in the trial, the lawyer has consistently said that he never saw any evidence presented by iran that shane and josh and sarah were spying. never saw that presented in court. never the less, the verdict is what it is. according to the source and now, we will find out what will happen next. >> thanks so much. >>> we're also watching closely a few u.s. legal cases. a t

>> you know, shawn, everybody knew, when you think, ronald reagan, what he was for.verybody got it simple. anybody knew he wanteded to beat the soviet union, strategic weaponry for whatever, star wars whatever, he wanted to beat the reds, reduce the size of government by cutting çtaxes. what's the short answer to what obama wants to do? right now, to get the country moving again? what's his program? >> i think, chris, you heard him talk about it out there while he was listening to americans from the heartland. he has talked about ways to bring the job numbers back and get the economic growth moving back in the right direction. you've got to remember that the trend line are going in the right direction right now. they're not moving as quickly as the president would like -- >> what's he stand for? what's the president want the country to do right now? >> i think what the president wants washington to do, chris, is come together, not as democrats, not as republicans, but come together as americans and take on the big challenges that are -- >> and do what? >> -- recover

shawn, the manager of pulse, sees them every night.e private suites. >> whether you are working at mcdonald's, this is what one opportunity for you. >> reporter: is talent required? >> absolutely not. >> reporter: is singing ability required? >> no. >> reporter: stage presence required? >> not necessarily. >> reporter: what's required? >> courage. in a nutshell. >> reporter: courage. it takes it and it makes it. >> i've always been nervous about singing in public. >> reporter: really? >> yeah. >> reporter: you're nervous about singing in public yet you like karaoke? >> well, yes, because with friends, people i know, i've overcome that resistance and it's fun because i like to sing. >> reporter: yes, sometimes a bit of courage does come in liquid form. and for this guy, he works up the courage just to get the liquid. >> i've always hated singing. one night, won 23 free drinks at a local bar and i said i can't get enough about this. i don't think it's the singing, it's the free drinking. >> reporter: there's contests with judges and winn

airways ticket counter at sfo demanding the airlines apologize to shawn mormon. charges were never filed. >>> palo alto police are investigating a string of burglaries at public schools. the latest one happened last week at jordan middle school. the thieves stole five sr. macbookings. there is no information on any suspects. >>> house fire in santa clara is under investigation. firefighters were leading a national night out event when they saw smoke around 7:00 last night. when crews got there, there were flames and heavy smoke coming out of the house. at one point the fire jumped on the neighbor's fence causing concern it could spread to other homes. crews managed to put out the fire before it moved beyond the fence. >> i just got back from the gym and it was starting to get really smoky. i stepped outside. in 20 seconds the smoke blocked out the sun. >> there was a dog inside the house at the time. firefighters were able to rescue it and nobody was hurt. >>> people around the bay area got a chance to know their neighbors during this years national night out. oa

song so or should not be honest for his crimes so on is being honest no rational person can deny that shawn has been punished is being honest and will be honest. most hours must be executed for the brutal crime he committed this is a punishment this is not to. mention. that it's to. cause him. any mercy on me whatsoever. and i didn't come here just. unheard of before first. as congress met. while working. in my that is now. we. move. to subsist soup. spoon feed. was. thank you for. wealthy british style. sometimes it's classified. markets why not succumb to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause or for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on our cheek. to. the official location on the phone only pulled top from the. video on demand. an omission streets now in the palm of your. libyan rebels have projected a reported offer by moammar gadhafi for power transfer negotiations position claims jailed not talks are ahead for the fugitive colonel as they prepare an attack on his last stronghold to proclaim absolute contr

when he committed these moms that's not the same song so it should not be punished for his crimes shawn is being no rational person and i. have been punished. and will be punished. by sours must be executed for the group. this is a punishment this is no. mention. that it's. been immersed. i didn't come here just. heard the first. it's time to smack down. martin. and i'm just. were. nearly a billion people in the world for going from prison every day. in the united states even our trash cans are full of the food you just have to go get it all of these perfectly good eggs because one was cracked didn't even get all over the other ones just threw them all the way about and she's from the german oh if we really like the upper crust. of the dumpster at one am this morning at three pm this afternoon on the grill to take hake is made from and one dozen times tr egg whites. delicious breakfast for the family aches and toast for about a week every year in america we throw away ninety six billion pounds of food. the beach undiscovered is buzy the. the be a communicate with the wild under. test yo

>>reporter: everybody including the shawn golden thought his time with the 49 ers was done after them signed safety dante but back in red and gold and agreed to 1 year deal. he tweeted last week that he was finished in san francisco but he tweeted about too soon. >> i hate it when that happens. >> sometimes those who tweet last tweet best. >> there you go. >> remember that. >> thanks larry. >> "nightline"up next. a bit of wisdom. >> good night everyone. >> see you tomorrow. >> good night everyone. >> see you tomorrow. >> all i got sorry. [ male announcer ] using frontline plus shows your pet you care by unleashing a complete killing force against fleas and ticks. and not just adult fleas. what makes frontline plus complete is that it breaks the flea life cycle killing adults, eggs and larvae. and it keeps killing fleas and ticks all month long. that's why it's the #1 choice of vets for their pets, and yours. unleash a complete killing force in every dose of frontline plus.

he pulled off a super final spurt to edge overwhelming pre-race favorite and defending champion the shawn merit of the usa i three hundred the second in the personal best time forty four point six zero seconds cation greatest first ever world championship medal. to tennis now a russian third season or a shop of how to fight back from a set down to beat british teenager heather watson in the first round of the us open and avoided one of the biggest upsets in the tournament's history of the last the first set six three to the nineteen year old who's running the hundred fourth in the world then the russian called her way back to take the second seven five before finally winning the decider six games to three. including brother. started in the beginning of the. first. you know remember that confidence always made to be very clearly in. this machine for destroying the good of the association. and then with some points if only very strong. no one is going to first or he says. you know this is the great part that i have to work on stuff well second seed to respond or i value more straightforward

, food, booths and to chew from the defense did friendly events-a-kid friendly even thievents with shawnlin, five for fighting and a wine garden and if you want to get down ehre? bart is your best bet parking garage but still you can still save money by going online and purchasing them in advance. also purchase them at the gate is possible. >> if you are going to drive? some oakland streets are going to be closed. let me show you what streets should be avoided. 14th street is closed between broadway and martin luther king jr.. 12 street closed between broadway and jefferson. halclosed between 11th and 15th. oakland officials say that these road to back open by monday. however if you were going to be an oakland? these five, six blocks will certainly be an area that you want to avoid if you are driving. we will be back. >> the kron 4 facebook fan page will have a lot the night out with a daria folson watching the game in comfort you will have a hance to meet the giants players and click on the sweepstakes if it ends on monday. >> n f l cheerleader turned officer. the vacaville officer is c

stalled since last year after the construction of israeli homes in the west bank and as analysts go shawn told us here at r.t. the compromise is now being pushed even further away. this is not a time when it seems likely that israelis and palestinians will be moving towards the peace talks and that the americans will be leading the way i mean you should that is a block to return to negotiations is the continued settlement building by the government of israel and this is not going to help the situation let's preserve the government of israel feels pretty immune to any criticism around the world radio on this issue everyone is busy with the global financial crisis the united states as well as in. center of the u.s. congress visiting israel this week and we all know that mr netanyahu has a lot more support in the american congress than he does even in his own parliament so this will just be another is really building more settlements with the neighborhoods refused to resign without anyone really blinking it's not going to help the situation it's not going to hurt it much more than it already