georgia, the 11th hour appeal to save the life of the state s only woman who sits on death row. it has been 70 years since that state has executed a woman, and that is likely about to change tonight. unless this woman kelly gissendaner is granted clemency or another stay in the next few minutes. gissendaner convinced her boyfriend to kill her husband in 1987, but the path to the death chamber has been far different than the last woman that georgia executed. that woman was lee na na baker who was a black maid who was put to death for kill iing her employer. the story of that one, four months from the actual killing to the trial. the trial was a whopping four hours long with all-white male jury and not one defense witness, and six months after
out of the facility, and the people that since you have found god now have been ministering to, and ministering to, and talk about the value of your life, and how your life can change. so should the patrol board take into account such a criminal component of the criminal justice system that she has been rehabilitated. she is not asking to get out is the argue, and keep me there for life, but inasmuch as i have been rehabilitate and the people i can speak to, and the people i have touched and the people i have affected and the people i m in close proximity with, how could you not hear that? that is the argument put fourth. and danny, as i understand the system of jurisprudence, si about rehabilitation, and not necessarily vengeance. i have an issue with the notion of clemency, and why do we have it? why have it? if someone like this doesn t qualify. number one, rehabilitation is only one of the stated goals of punishment. there are several, and some of
has changed is the conversation about the death penalty, and surprising people from all different background, and political and religious backgrounds have come out to speak on her behalf, and made a case to the board, and written the board of par ddons and paros and governor asking her to consider clemency, and that has made a difference, and it is not just me, but there is so many people who have been really convicted themselves by what they have seen happen, and the carrying out of this sentence. many m may i ask you, reverend, because i support everything that you say, but i have is sympathy for the grandparents here, doug gissendaner s parents, and if kelly is going to get clemen circumstances and we will find out soon, what would your words of comfort be to doug s family?
clemency. and they can say that they will take it away 3 of 5 and they have the power under georgia s constitution to commute the sentence. and another issue that has to be taken into consideration is that the jury has spoken and they have felt it appropriate that she should die. and the victim needs to be lo looked at and the desires. sure hope they didn t make any mistakes this time, and you know what i am saying? yes, it is final. you know how i feel about that. it is the death penalty, and it is what it is, and we stink effectively, and we stink at getting it perfect every time. sdwli know h . i know how you feel about it. and kelly s execution is scheduled at 7:00 p.m. and she has scheduled the last meal, and it is odd ly what people seize on, and it is cheese dip, and fajitas and
this, the man who actually did the murder of kelly s husband, her boyfriend at the time, and he took the deal, and he is serving a life sentence and not a death sentence. and now, we are joined by the last person to speak to her, and her theology professor. and what were the last words that you had with kelly? well, several of us there, and that is a witness for the people who love and care for her, including her children. it is hard to remember the last words exactly. we have been talking about so many different things. on the one hand, she is hoping to live of course, and many of us are work and praying that she ll get clemency, and she has a strong case for clemency, but on the other hand, she is preparing to die and has been preparing to die and saying her good-byes, so i think that her words go back and forth between that holding on to hope and