keith morrison (voiceover): a loving pastor s family instant targets. i heard the first shot go off and said, i love you, mom. i love you, dad. keith morrison (voiceover): they were the only ones who i heard the first shot go survived, and no one knew then how long justice would take off and i said, i love, you i love you dad. they were the only ones who survived. and no one knew then how long justice would take or what it would cost. were you frightened, terrified that they would come back and it up? absolutely. a chilling man hunt, a young survivor, driven to become a state senator. he was very, very passionate. what they ever come out the dark? i always get a little emotional and can t believe it s [inaudible] 30 years later, an answer. the power of forgiveness. this is what my dad and my mom taught me. in his 40s and married again, he started fresh, here in the beach, in malibu. it was time, finally to put it to rest. ali use hollywood to release
Jerry Summers: Shufflin Phil Douglas Friday, February 26, 2021 - by Jerry Summers
Jerry Summers
The adjoining states of Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia have a connecting bond to a major league baseball pitcher from 1912-1922.
Phil Brooks Douglas was born on July 17, 1890 in Cedartown, Georgia but moved to Cowan, Tennessee in Franklin County where he grew up. He would also move to Birmingham, Alabama during his life.
At 6’3” and weighing 190 pounds, Phil was a big man for that era and began his professional baseball career in 1910 at the age of 20.
His fastball pitch was impressive enough that he would be favorably compared to future Hall of Famer Walter “Big Train” Johnson, often considered the greatest right-hand pitcher of all time.
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of the people because of the prior robbery. they took money out of bank accounts, robbed another place, they had a couple of thousands dollars, a car, guns, why go into yet another house? i think it was so easy, they had had somewhat of a high from doing it the first time so they wanted to do it again. the county sheriff, the state police, the oklahoma bureau of investigations, the fbi, were all looking for ache and hatch. but the fugitives had at least a six-hour start. they were here, they were gone, yeah. meanwhile, back in an oklahoma city hospital, brooks and leslie douglas clung to life in an intensive care unit. and lawmen had a bad feeling. i really was afraid when i was on the scene that night, these people are likely to go out and commit one murder after another. because it was just so consolidate and without thought. without even necessity. coming up, were you frightened? terrified that they would come back and try to kill you? absolutely.
and by not only denying but calling you a liar basically. right. and was like i just could see where that poor 12-year-old girl could have thought that i did or this happened. and i was like there s no thought, it did. the clemency appeal was denied. and so on august 9, 1996, leslie and brooks douglass drove from oklahoma city to mccallister prison to witness stephen hatch s death. all of the filings at the supreme court have been denied. and we have a green light to proceed with the execution shortly after midnight. a brother and sister among the first family members ever to witness the execution of a murderer. that they could do so at all was because of additional victims rights legislation brooks helped pass that year. the night of the execution and they give them an option of making a last statement, he didn t even say anything. he knew you were there.