fitzgerald was working as a public information officer for the texas department of criminal jus tus. so you have become the face for the executions in texas. yes. and that s because every time there s an execution in texas, there s a certain kind of ritual to it. and you are the person giving the information about what happened. true. we allow five people, five media members, we did, allow five media members to come in and witness the execution. so when the execution was over, i would go forward and tell the media that didn t come in. so and so is pronounced dead, here s the final statement. yeah. by 2000, texas governor george w. bush had his sigh esighteds set. there was growing debate in this country over capital punishment. and with the texas governor running for president, the i