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The episode opens with the Supreme Court denying a writ of certiorari and ordering the execution of a prisoner on death row (Simon Cruz). The lawyers want to find someone in the White House they can appeal to.
Foreshadowing: When it becomes clear that President Bartlet isn't going to pardon the death row inmate, Sam frustratedly tells Leo that "there are days when it feels like we are nowhere at all." The staff's frustration and feelings of having stagnated will come up again over the next few episodes.
- James French, (1966): "How's this for your headline? ' French Fries' " Serving a life sentence for killing a motorist who picked him up while hitchhiking, French murdered his cellmate to compel the state to execute him.
- Carl Panzram, (1930): “Hurry it up, you Hoosier bastard! I could hang a dozen men while you’re screwing around!” A serial killer, rapist, arsonist, and burglar, in 1928 Panzram was arrested and confessed to murdering two boys.
- Vincent Gutierrez, (2007): “Where's my stunt double when you need one?” Gutierrez was found guilty of the carjacking murder of a 40-year-old man in Texas.
- Tom Ketchum, (1901): “Let her rip!” The last American to be hanged was found guilty of train robbery. The hanging itself was botched, however — the noose ripping his head off when the trapdoor retracted.
Feb 9, 2000 · Opinions on the death penalty are exchanged throughout the weekend, including those of Quaker Joey Lucas and Toby's rabbi, and Bartlet winds up calling both the Pope and his old parish priest from N.H. for counsel.
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- If you believe in God, believe in Death Row East. Tupac Shakur. Easter, Believe, Ifs.
- It's like being on Death Row in an American jail. You are waiting for the door handle to turn, not knowing whether it's a reprieve or just your final breakfast before being executed.
- You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everyone dances with the Grim Reaper. Robert Alton Harris. Inspirational, Dance, Kings.
- What you do to these men on California's Death Row, you do to God. Mother Teresa. Men, California, Death Penalty.
May 14, 2024 · Here are some of the strangest last words before execution: 1. Jimmy Glass, 1987 (Louisiana) Last Words: “I’d Rather Be Fishing”. On Christmas of 1982, 20-year-old Jimmy Glass and inmate Jimmy Wingo escaped from jail and shot an elderly couple to death while burglarizing their home.
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Jan 31, 2022 · 25 Years of Life on Death Row (1996-2021) When I first came to Death Row in May of 1996, we were housed at the Ellis Unit in Huntsville, Texas. (The women on Death Row are housed at a Unit in Gatesville.) When I arrived at the Ellis Unit – it was nothing like what I expected.
