0:00:02 > 0:00:07This programme contains scenes which some viewers may find disturbing and some strong language
0:00:10 > 0:00:14- AUTOMATED VOICE:- This is a free call from an inmate at Varner Unit.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18You may start the conversation now.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08It was awful.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Just the not knowing for so long.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26If it's the law of the land and the jury metes out that punishment,
0:01:26 > 0:01:28then that should be carried out.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38We're here today to stop the executions.
0:01:38 > 0:01:39CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:01:39 > 0:01:42Why are we protesting? They're doing the right thing.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Those trials were 20... Some of them, over 20 years ago.
0:01:50 > 0:01:56He started to gasp and gulp and struggled to breathe,
0:01:56 > 0:02:01and that lasted for an hour and 57 minutes.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Jeff just called me, the Arkansas Supreme Court
0:02:08 > 0:02:10gave him the stay on the DNA.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13Oh Judy, Judy, Judy, did they really?!
0:02:13 > 0:02:15We got a stay!
0:02:15 > 0:02:16Oh!
0:02:16 > 0:02:18Thank you, Jesus.
0:02:18 > 0:02:19Thank you.
0:02:46 > 0:02:47I am so sorry.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Where the heck is this taking me? Like, seriously.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- INTERVIEWER:- What is it you're searching for at the moment?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33An ATM machine, because there's vending machines
0:03:33 > 0:03:38right there at the visitation and my brother has requested
0:03:38 > 0:03:41four Dr Peppers and some candy.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45So, as his little sister, I'm doing everything I can to find
0:03:45 > 0:03:50an ATM machine to get him his Dr Peppers before my visit today.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58- I got it. Yes!- Success?
0:03:58 > 0:04:03Yes, now he can have a Dr Pepper, just don't let me forget to...
0:04:03 > 0:04:04To...
0:04:04 > 0:04:06bring it into the prison with me.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11The drive out to the prison is always the same.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14I just... I get butterflies in my stomach, I get nervous.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21The only thing that gives me peace, sometimes, is I look over and I love
0:04:21 > 0:04:23looking at these horses.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25These horses are always here, they're beautiful.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30You know, they're free to walk where they want, eat when they want.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34And then, 500 feet away, there's this.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Yeah.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42And here we are.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46OK, you have to show your driver's licence and then you have
0:04:46 > 0:04:48to put your money in this little plastic bag, cos they put it
0:04:48 > 0:04:50through the screener.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52And that's what I'll use in the vending machine...
0:04:52 > 0:04:54to buy him his Dr Peppers.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Hey, buddy.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07- Hey.- How you doing?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10I'm a little mad.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Yeah. I'm sorry, honey.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43Right.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- REPORTER:- During the past two decades on death row,
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Jones riddled with a series of medical issues,
0:06:04 > 0:06:08including diabetes, that caused him to lose one of his legs.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11He and his attorney argue all the medication he's on could render
0:06:11 > 0:06:13one of the lethal injection drugs useless.
0:06:17 > 0:06:22My fear, and his fear, is that the Midazolam will not take effect,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26there will be a burning sensation, and Jack will feel it and he'll feel
0:06:26 > 0:06:30like he's suffocating, and it'll be a very, very painful death.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33He's high-risk.
0:06:33 > 0:06:37They had a doctor come in and test all eight of them
0:06:37 > 0:06:40to determine who was going to be high-risk with the Midazolam,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43and Jack was high-risk.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46So, they know going in, it could very well be botched.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56- REPORTER:- The last decision the governor has to make -
0:06:56 > 0:07:00whether to grant executive clemency for some of the inmates, which would
0:07:00 > 0:07:02commute their sentences to life without parole.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05An option Hutchinson says he'll maintain up until the end,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08with the victims' families close to his heart.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20Good afternoon, Chairman Feltz and members of the Board of Parole.
0:07:22 > 0:07:26My name is Chris Raff and I was the elected prosecuting attorney
0:07:26 > 0:07:28in the 17th Judicial District for 32 years.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34I prosecuted and tried the jury trial
0:07:34 > 0:07:36which convicted Jack Jones Jr of capital murder.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42On the afternoon of June 6th, 1995,
0:07:42 > 0:07:4634-year-old Mary Phillips was at work
0:07:46 > 0:07:49in the accounting and tax service where she served.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54She was a mother of three children, and a wife.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Her 17-year-old daughter, Darla,
0:07:58 > 0:08:02had just dropped off her 11-year-old daughter, Lacey.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10That afternoon, Lacey had a four o'clock dental appointment.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14I didn't just drop her off, I got out of the car and then
0:08:14 > 0:08:18I walked inside the office and we were talking and laughing,
0:08:18 > 0:08:19no big deal.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21And my mom went to, you know, kiss me goodbye and tell me,
0:08:21 > 0:08:23"I love you."
0:08:23 > 0:08:25So that's one of the biggest positive things,
0:08:25 > 0:08:28is the last thing I said to my mom is,
0:08:28 > 0:08:30"I love you, I will see you later."
0:08:37 > 0:08:41I got in the car and went to my friend's to stay the night...
0:08:42 > 0:08:44..and they went back inside...
0:08:44 > 0:08:46and...
0:08:50 > 0:08:52..I never saw her again.
0:09:02 > 0:09:09That afternoon, Jack Jones Jr, carrying with him wire,
0:09:09 > 0:09:14latex gloves and a pistol, entered that business.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20He told them he was going to rob them and he began to tie them up
0:09:20 > 0:09:23with the wire he brought.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27He then took 11-year-old Lacey into a separate bathroom
0:09:27 > 0:09:30off of that room and sat her in a metal chair...
0:09:31 > 0:09:32..and he tied her to that chair.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38He went back to her mother...
0:09:38 > 0:09:41he raped her...
0:09:41 > 0:09:43he beat her, he strangled her.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50When she didn't die yet, he tore the cord off
0:09:50 > 0:09:53a Mr Coffee coffee maker and he strangled her until her death.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59Then Jack Jones Jr, the subject of why we're here today...
0:10:01 > 0:10:03..went back into the bathroom...
0:10:05 > 0:10:07..where Lacey said to him...
0:10:07 > 0:10:09"Please don't hurt my mama."
0:10:10 > 0:10:13And Jack told her...
0:10:13 > 0:10:16"I'm not going to hurt your mama, I'm here to hurt you."
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I was at home, shortly after midnight, when I received the call.
0:10:30 > 0:10:35At that time, I was living here in Bald Knob, so it only took me about,
0:10:35 > 0:10:38you know, five minutes or so to get to that location.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44This was one of the worst crimes I've ever worked on,
0:10:44 > 0:10:47especially for emotionally, you know, and stuff...
0:10:47 > 0:10:49because of the young girl involved.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Cos one of the things I always did when I went to a crime scene,
0:10:58 > 0:11:03I like to go in from the beginning and do my photos and stuff.
0:11:10 > 0:11:16When I arrived, this door was to the tax office.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I went in, Miss Phillips was lying on the floor.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22She'd obviously been raped...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24and strangled.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30When the scene was finally discovered by the police...
0:11:31 > 0:11:35..and they saw Mary, nude, tied up,
0:11:35 > 0:11:38beaten, raped, dead, laying on the floor,
0:11:38 > 0:11:41and of course they photographed that scene, and then one
0:11:41 > 0:11:45of the deputies noticed blood coming from a shut door,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47which was the door to the bathroom.
0:11:47 > 0:11:52He opened that door and told the other officers,
0:11:52 > 0:11:54"My God, we've got another one in here."
0:11:55 > 0:11:59It was awful, just a crack in the door, you could just see her.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01When I went in, she was tied to a chair.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06I took a picture, there was a flash of the light.
0:12:06 > 0:12:07And at the very moment...
0:12:09 > 0:12:13..he took the photograph, when the lens snapped,
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Lacey opened her eyes.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27I woke up. I heard...
0:12:27 > 0:12:28SHE MAKES A CLICKING SOUND
0:12:28 > 0:12:31..and I was like, "Is there someone there?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33"Hey, is there someone taking pictures?"
0:12:33 > 0:12:35You know, at this point in time, I never moved,
0:12:35 > 0:12:40and I turned my head and when I did, I heard a man say,
0:12:40 > 0:12:41"This one's alive."
0:12:41 > 0:12:43I thought she was dead.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48So, when she looked up at me, it was pretty much a shock.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50You know, I had no clue what was going on.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54I wasn't in pain, and I said, "Can you untie me, please?"
0:12:54 > 0:12:56And the man said, "Yes, ma'am, yes."
0:12:58 > 0:13:01I never thought, "Oh, gosh, my mom's dead,"
0:13:01 > 0:13:04or got scared or got... I never had a single emotion.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Uh-uh.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15Lacey told us that the person that did this
0:14:15 > 0:14:18had a teardrop tattoo on his cheek
0:14:18 > 0:14:23and that is how the police got onto Jack Jones Jr.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26He admitted the rapes, the beating and the assaults
0:14:26 > 0:14:29on both Mary, which killed her, and the assault on Lacey,
0:14:29 > 0:14:31which he thought had killed her.
0:14:34 > 0:14:35They had to reconstruct my skull.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41I have metal plates that they had to put in my head.
0:14:43 > 0:14:50A bone underneath this eye here was broken, my jaw was fractured,
0:14:50 > 0:14:53I had over 1,000 staples and stitches in my head.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59What they titled her surgery as was a "Humpty Dumpty surgery,"
0:14:59 > 0:15:02because there were so many little pieces of the skull
0:15:02 > 0:15:04that were broken, small,
0:15:04 > 0:15:06they had to put her back together like Humpty Dumpty,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09and that's the way they explained it to her.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15I remember looking around and there was a nurse in there.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I said, "Where's my mom?
0:15:18 > 0:15:19"I want to see my mom."
0:15:30 > 0:15:33I've been here before, this is not the first time I've been here,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35and me and my family have been here.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39You know, I came one time and said I had a four-year-old daughter.
0:15:39 > 0:15:41OK, well, now I have an 11-year-old daughter,
0:15:41 > 0:15:45the same age as I was when...
0:15:45 > 0:15:49When Mom was taken away from me and my family.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54And it's... It's ridiculous that we have had to live
0:15:54 > 0:15:56our whole life like this.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58He admitted to what he did,
0:15:58 > 0:16:00he needs to pay for it,
0:16:00 > 0:16:03and I don't want to live another day knowing that he's alive.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05You know, 21 years.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09I heard an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,
0:16:09 > 0:16:11and I think... I think it's time.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13So, thank you.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Good morning.
0:17:23 > 0:17:25- ALL:- Good morning. - Y'all can do better than that.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27- Good morning. - LOUDER:- Good morning.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Oh, now we've got it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32We want to welcome you to this press conference
0:17:32 > 0:17:35to bring attention to a letter that has been signed onto
0:17:35 > 0:17:39by over 200 clergy members to bring attention
0:17:39 > 0:17:42to the scheduled executions here in our State.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44This letter will be delivered to the governor
0:17:44 > 0:17:46following this press conference.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Speaking for us this morning is Dr Schnekloth,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52who's the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in America.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02I didn't ever anticipate as a pastor in the church that on Holy Week...
0:18:04 > 0:18:08..when I'm reading texts getting ready to preach on Good Friday about
0:18:08 > 0:18:13capital punishment, that there would be people in my State that were
0:18:13 > 0:18:17assigned the job to sort out all the details of execution
0:18:17 > 0:18:19on the days following Easter.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22It means that the same lithology I'm going through this week of
0:18:22 > 0:18:25remembering that there were soldiers and there were government officials
0:18:25 > 0:18:28who are doing the work necessary to kill Jesus,
0:18:28 > 0:18:31that the very following week people in my State are actually
0:18:31 > 0:18:34getting the medicines together, the cocktails together,
0:18:34 > 0:18:37the equipment together to kill these men.
0:18:38 > 0:18:44And if our governor is going to lead in a way that is humane,
0:18:44 > 0:18:46he's going to have to take a different action
0:18:46 > 0:18:49than the one he's trending towards right now and next week.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52I think he's a good man.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55What he can't do is what Pilot did...
0:18:57 > 0:18:58"..I wash my hands."
0:18:59 > 0:19:02- Right? - APPLAUSE
0:19:02 > 0:19:05And so, we call on Governor Asa Hutchinson and Leslie Rutledge,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08the Attorney General, to do everything that they can
0:19:08 > 0:19:10to commute these sentences to life without parole,
0:19:10 > 0:19:15so that they will not have blood on their hands,
0:19:15 > 0:19:19and so that the world doesn't have to see Arkansas be the state
0:19:19 > 0:19:22that kills more people than any state in the history
0:19:22 > 0:19:24of the United States has in the last decades.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32We, the following faith leaders call, on Governor Asa Hutchinson
0:19:32 > 0:19:35to stop the upcoming scheduled executions
0:19:35 > 0:19:38and commute their sentences to life without parole.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41As faith leaders, we are opposed to the death penalty
0:19:41 > 0:19:43because we believe that, in spite of their actions,
0:19:43 > 0:19:47they retain the God-given dignity of human life,
0:19:47 > 0:19:48which must be respected.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52Yes, sir, I will receive it on behalf of the governor.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55- All right, thank you so much.- OK, thank you, and where are you from?
0:19:55 > 0:19:57We are from Interfaith Arkansas, Faith Voices Arkansas.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59Interfaith Arkansas? Thank you.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- Thank you so much.- You're welcome.
0:20:01 > 0:20:02- Have a good day.- You too.
0:20:10 > 0:20:14Death by execution is part of the law of Arkansas,
0:20:14 > 0:20:17as well as many states in the United States
0:20:17 > 0:20:19and our Federal Government.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22And so, when I took the oath of office as governor,
0:20:22 > 0:20:25I was sworn to uphold the laws of Arkansas,
0:20:25 > 0:20:26and this being one of them.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29And so, this is not a process that I started,
0:20:29 > 0:20:32this is a process that our law started,
0:20:32 > 0:20:36and I have to make the final signature to set the date,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39but it's really the end of a very long process
0:20:39 > 0:20:42that the victims have waited for decades to have these
0:20:42 > 0:20:46sentences carried out, and it was...
0:20:46 > 0:20:48It would have been inappropriate and wrong for me
0:20:48 > 0:20:49to delay that further.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Is it the toughest decision you ever had to make as Governor?
0:20:56 > 0:21:01Yeah, I tried to excuse myself from the responsibility for it.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03But the fact remains that a governor who allows an execution
0:21:03 > 0:21:07to go forward has allowed that person to die.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15I think we have a lot of ambitious people in Arkansas,
0:21:15 > 0:21:17we have a lot of smart people in Arkansas.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20You know, we've had a president.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Not that I cared for him, but we had one.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35As it stands right now, Arkansas is more of a conservative state
0:21:35 > 0:21:36than what it used to be.
0:21:36 > 0:21:42So, having conservative values and so forth, I'm pro the death penalty.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Asa Hutchinson's a Republican, you know.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52It's up to him to decide whether they live or whether they die.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54I'll tell you what, right now I thank God
0:21:54 > 0:21:57I ain't got his job in all honesty, because that's serious.
0:21:57 > 0:21:58That is serious.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44Stacy was the life of the party.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Kind of a spitfire.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50She done what she wanted to do and didn't care
0:23:50 > 0:23:52whether anybody liked it or not.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55She liked to have fun, she loved the kids.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Her husband was overseas, he wasn't even around here to help her.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03We were living on the Rock Air Force Base,
0:24:03 > 0:24:05my dad was in the Airforce.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10We lived diagonally across the street from Stacy.
0:24:10 > 0:24:13She was ten years older, I was 12 and she was 22.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16So, I'd go over there even when I wasn't baby-sitting just to
0:24:16 > 0:24:18play with the kids and hang out.
0:24:23 > 0:24:27Stacy came and got me at about 6:30 that morning.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31I was maybe five, ten minutes in the house before she said
0:24:31 > 0:24:33that she had to run and get gas on her way to work,
0:24:33 > 0:24:35and then she was out the door.
0:24:37 > 0:24:40Two and a half hours later when the girls that worked with her,
0:24:40 > 0:24:41that lived on the base also...
0:24:42 > 0:24:46..she called me and wanted to know if I knew where she's at,
0:24:46 > 0:24:48and I said, "No, at work, I guess."
0:24:49 > 0:24:53And she said, "No, I'm at work and she's not here."
0:24:53 > 0:24:56We started just driving around...
0:24:57 > 0:25:01..to see if we could see anything of her.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05I saw her truck right behind a service station.
0:25:05 > 0:25:11It was unlocked, but there was a lot of receipts from ATMs in it.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20On Sunday, November the 20th of 1994,
0:25:20 > 0:25:23the mother of Stacy Errickson reported her missing.
0:25:23 > 0:25:28We knew that there had been some activity on her bank account.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31So on the 21st, we were able to obtain some photographs
0:25:31 > 0:25:35from the ATM, the automatic teller machines...
0:25:35 > 0:25:36from here in Jacksonville.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47The pictures show her on the passenger side of her vehicle...
0:25:49 > 0:25:52..and a black male driver of the vehicle.
0:26:01 > 0:26:02- You all right?- Yeah.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26- MARCEL LAUGHS - You can name one.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30During the interview process, we did not know
0:26:30 > 0:26:32the location of Stacy Errickson.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37I suspected that Marcel had actually abducted her
0:26:37 > 0:26:40and that she probably was no longer alive.
0:26:40 > 0:26:45So we were trying to get him to help us locate where Stacy was at,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47so the family could get closure.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10He admitted to abducting her,
0:28:10 > 0:28:13admitted to taking her to the ATM machines,
0:28:13 > 0:28:17but he also implicated two other subjects,
0:28:17 > 0:28:21and had also said that when he last saw her, she was alive.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28What's going through my mind is a game.
0:29:28 > 0:29:32We felt like he was living through what had happened,
0:29:32 > 0:29:39but was only putting someone else's name in his place.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03MARCEL SIGHS
0:30:10 > 0:30:13At no point during the interview did he confess
0:30:13 > 0:30:15to killing Stacy Errickson.
0:30:15 > 0:30:19So, after 13 hours of interview, we felt that he was not going
0:30:19 > 0:30:23to give us the location of Stacy Errickson,
0:30:23 > 0:30:24and the interview ended.
0:30:28 > 0:30:32They kept trying to find her and they couldn't find her nowhere.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35They had no idea, they was hunting through weeds and stuff.
0:30:39 > 0:30:40It was awful.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44Just the not knowing...
0:30:45 > 0:30:47..for so long.
0:30:47 > 0:30:49And it was only two weeks, but it felt like an eternity.
0:30:52 > 0:30:57On December 5th, two North Little Rock officers searching the area
0:30:57 > 0:30:59finally found the shallow grave.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19The coroner said when they redone the autopsy on her
0:31:19 > 0:31:22that he had strangled her...
0:31:22 > 0:31:24to death before he buried her.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32Marcel Williams was found guilty of kidnapping, rape and murder
0:31:32 > 0:31:36on Stacy Errickson, which he received the death penalty for.
0:31:45 > 0:31:46I'm here by myself.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53I know Stacy would have been here if she had been alive.
0:31:55 > 0:31:57It's hard and lonesome.
0:31:59 > 0:32:00It's an...
0:32:02 > 0:32:03..empty space.
0:32:22 > 0:32:27I've been waiting 23 years for them to finally get around to his day.
0:32:28 > 0:32:32I want it completely over with before I pass away.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Marcel Williams is my boogie man.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40He doesn't deserve any mercy.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46I thank you to deny this monster clemency
0:32:46 > 0:32:49and allow justice to be served.
0:32:49 > 0:32:50Thank you for your time.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53Thank you very much.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04REPORTER: Currently, there are no legal blocks that would stop
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Jack Jones' or Marcel Williams' executions,
0:33:07 > 0:33:09and if things go according to the state's plan,
0:33:09 > 0:33:12it will be Arkansas' first double execution since resuming
0:33:12 > 0:33:14its lethal injection programme.
0:33:16 > 0:33:19As of this point right now, there are no stays in place
0:33:19 > 0:33:22for either Marcel Williams or Jack Jones, moving forward
0:33:22 > 0:33:26to the execution set for Monday night.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28But there are still a number of legal challenges that can develop.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Now, attorneys for both of these inmates,
0:33:30 > 0:33:33they are appealing to the Eighth Circuit after a federal judge
0:33:33 > 0:33:36denied a motion that claims Midazolam - it's the sedative used
0:33:36 > 0:33:40in the legal injections - won't work on these inmates properly
0:33:40 > 0:33:42because of their weight and also some other health issues.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55Jack was a very vivacious child.
0:33:55 > 0:33:59He was full of energy and we hung out together all the time.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03This picture right here is just how I remember him,
0:34:03 > 0:34:07with just that long hair and that smile.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10He was cute, and the girls, you know, back then, called it...
0:34:10 > 0:34:13He was "a fox" is what they would say, so...
0:34:15 > 0:34:17- INTERVIEWER:- Were there any signs as a child or...?
0:34:17 > 0:34:19There were lots of signs very early on.
0:34:19 > 0:34:21He just was never right.
0:34:21 > 0:34:22He had hallucinations,
0:34:22 > 0:34:26he would say that he saw bugs and spiders and people,
0:34:26 > 0:34:29and he would get so agitated,
0:34:29 > 0:34:33he'd sit and rock against a wall and bang his head.
0:34:33 > 0:34:36When he'd get angry. you were very fearful of him.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39When he was good, he was good, and when he was bad, he was bad.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41There was no middle ground.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44It's very sad because he could have gotten help back then,
0:34:44 > 0:34:48but no-one did anything, and our family motto was always
0:34:48 > 0:34:50to sweep things under the rug and not talk about it.
0:34:50 > 0:34:56So he was just forced to deal with his mental issues on his own,
0:34:56 > 0:35:01and Jack, unfortunately, turned to anger and rage and...
0:35:01 > 0:35:03alcohol and drugs.
0:35:03 > 0:35:04And that started his demise.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Gradually, over the years he just got worse and worse.
0:35:11 > 0:35:12Drinking and then the pot,
0:35:12 > 0:35:16and then the pot led to, you know, cocaine and acid,
0:35:16 > 0:35:19and from there it just...
0:35:20 > 0:35:22He would...
0:35:22 > 0:35:25He was just a shell of nobody that I would even know any more.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30And so, our relationship was very strained,
0:35:30 > 0:35:32to the point at the time of the crime,
0:35:32 > 0:35:34him and I really weren't on much speaking terms,
0:35:34 > 0:35:36although in my heart I've always loved him.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40And from that point on, you know, our relationship
0:35:40 > 0:35:44after he went in prison took a 180,
0:35:44 > 0:35:48and we're almost closer now today than we were when we were younger.
0:35:50 > 0:35:52What's your favourite part of our relationship?
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Wow. You're absolutely right there, brother.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07I do.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13What was life like for you at that time, when that crime was committed?
0:36:21 > 0:36:22Right.
0:36:32 > 0:36:33Right.
0:36:58 > 0:37:00Are all commissioners ready?
0:37:00 > 0:37:04All right, we're here today in the matter of Jack Harold Jones,
0:37:04 > 0:37:06in the second clemency hearing.
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Mr Rosenzweig, I'm sure that you'll comment on the fact
0:37:09 > 0:37:12that your client is not here today for the hearing.
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- Yes, sir, I'm prepared to comment. - OK.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19This is his stack of recent medical records.
0:37:19 > 0:37:22Mr Jones is an amputee.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24He has a wheelchair in his cell with him.
0:37:24 > 0:37:28He has been on methadone here at the prison for a number of years.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31He also suffers from diabetes, which was of course the cause
0:37:31 > 0:37:36of his amputation, it is difficult for him to get around.
0:37:36 > 0:37:41Nonetheless, he did knowingly and voluntarily decline to...
0:37:41 > 0:37:43attend this hearing.
0:37:43 > 0:37:47So, Mr Jones has said he does not want clemency to be heard.
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- Is that correct? - Mr Jones wrote this letter.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54- Yes.- The letter is addressed to Lacey, Mr Phillips
0:37:54 > 0:37:55and the commissioners.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59"I am so very, very sorry.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02"I have not wanted clemency ever.
0:38:02 > 0:38:03"There's no way...
0:38:05 > 0:38:10"..in hell that I would spend another 20 years in this rat hole.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12"Oh, hell no.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15"I shall not ask to be forgiven, for I haven't the right.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20"I'm so very, very sorry, Lacey, I've no excuse.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23"Believe me, you have never left my thoughts.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26"I think about you all the time.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29"It sounds stupid, I know, but I am deeply sorry.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32"In dynamic peace, Jack H Jones II."
0:38:33 > 0:38:35And he... Mr Jones asked me to read that,
0:38:35 > 0:38:38and I'm respecting his wishes by doing so.
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- Mr Rosenzweig, thank you very much. - Thank you.
0:38:43 > 0:38:45At 27 years in that cell, he's done.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50There's no quality of life for him left at all.
0:38:50 > 0:38:55So, in his mind, being spared from execution Monday night...
0:38:57 > 0:38:58..no.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02No. He doesn't want it, he wants to die.
0:39:04 > 0:39:10He was very relieved to hear that Ledell's was only 12 minutes.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15I think, if anything...
0:39:17 > 0:39:18He said he's not fearful.
0:39:20 > 0:39:22He's at peace.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26But I know, in the back of his mind, he's afraid..
0:39:28 > 0:39:30..that it would be a painful death.
0:39:38 > 0:39:39Jack Jones murdered my mom.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43It's always in my mind,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46it will always be in my mind, and every time I look in the mirror
0:39:46 > 0:39:51and I see my scars on my head, it's a daily reminder.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58This is a scar on my forehead here.
0:39:59 > 0:40:04And then it starts right here and then goes down,
0:40:04 > 0:40:06all the way down here.
0:40:09 > 0:40:11It makes me angry.
0:40:11 > 0:40:16And I think this execution will kind of help some of that.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19It won't all be gone, but I think it will help some of the anger issues
0:40:19 > 0:40:23that I have towards the whole situation, all around.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32It's been an up and down yo-yo that I've had to live my whole life,
0:40:32 > 0:40:34and call life, waiting on this to happen...
0:40:36 > 0:40:38..and dealing with it.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40This is the one that's Monday.
0:40:40 > 0:40:452007, clemency hearing that we had to attend.
0:40:45 > 0:40:492010, another clemency hearing that we had to attend.
0:40:49 > 0:40:542015, talking about another execution date that never happened.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Hopefully, one day I can be done with this box
0:40:57 > 0:41:01and have the final paper in there saying he was executed.
0:41:04 > 0:41:06It's been very trying.
0:41:06 > 0:41:10I have to just keep my head up and think of the things
0:41:10 > 0:41:12that make me happy, like my husband and my kids,
0:41:12 > 0:41:15that will always be here for me.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22I'm really hopeful. I think things are different this time.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24We have a governor and, you know,
0:41:24 > 0:41:27the Arkansas Attorney General's Office,
0:41:27 > 0:41:31they're really fighting for us victims and the families.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34So, I really feel... I really feel...
0:41:35 > 0:41:37..like it's going to happen.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41But you don't count your money till it's in your hands,
0:41:41 > 0:41:43and he's not dead till he's dead.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46It's not done till it's done, and I'm ready for it to be done.
0:41:58 > 0:42:02Our world has gotten to be so cruel, so uncaring.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06We have murders here like you wouldn't believe
0:42:06 > 0:42:10in our communities around here.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21My morals and standards and my upbringing, you know,
0:42:21 > 0:42:25it did shape my mind that if you're guilty of something,
0:42:25 > 0:42:29regardless of the crime, you are responsible for your actions.
0:42:32 > 0:42:35My brother, he's in prison now for 40 years,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38and he was not raised like that.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41I don't think the upbringing has anything to do with it, really.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44- It's a personal choice. - Yeah, it is a personal choice.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56The one thing you need to know about Marcel's case,
0:42:56 > 0:43:00as bad as it is and whatever terrible things he may have done,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03is that he wasn't properly represented.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05And had he had attorneys that truly knew what they were doing
0:43:05 > 0:43:09at the time, there might have been a completely different result.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15We didn't really understand what the true meaning of mitigation was.
0:43:15 > 0:43:20We thought mitigation was awards, cub scout merits, things like that.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22We looked for things like that instead of looking
0:43:22 > 0:43:26into the deeper meaning of Marcel's life, and what brought him
0:43:26 > 0:43:28to the place that caused him to do the things he did.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Not particularly as a defence to what he did,
0:43:30 > 0:43:32but explanations to what he did.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Marcel Williams had a very rough childhood and upbringing.
0:43:41 > 0:43:44He lived in extreme poverty.
0:43:44 > 0:43:46He would tell me about places he'd grown up and lived
0:43:46 > 0:43:48when he was younger,
0:43:48 > 0:43:52and one of them was a place where I used to live when I was younger.
0:43:52 > 0:43:57It has since been torn down because the gang activity got so high
0:43:57 > 0:43:59and the crime rate got so high.
0:44:01 > 0:44:03You know, he told me that was one of the nicest places
0:44:03 > 0:44:05his family had ever lived.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07To me, this place was like a war zone.
0:44:10 > 0:44:15He never knew his father, and even though his mother was there,
0:44:15 > 0:44:17she wasn't there. She was out doing her own thing
0:44:17 > 0:44:20and he was left to fend for himself.
0:44:21 > 0:44:26Marcel also endured a lot of very harsh, physical discipline.
0:44:26 > 0:44:31He would be made to strip and his mother would
0:44:31 > 0:44:34beat him up and down his body until he was bleeding.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40There was not food to eat in his house,
0:44:40 > 0:44:43because there were often times that they just couldn't afford food.
0:44:43 > 0:44:48So, he learned at a very young age how to steal in order to eat,
0:44:48 > 0:44:51and obviously that just evolved into different kinds
0:44:51 > 0:44:53of criminal activity for Marcel.
0:44:53 > 0:44:58He went to prison, before he finished high school, for robbery.
0:44:58 > 0:45:01So, he really is a child when he goes to prison,
0:45:01 > 0:45:03and he gets taken advantage of.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10He was raped by a group of men.
0:45:10 > 0:45:12And it's not something that he really talks about a lot...
0:45:14 > 0:45:17..but it happened to him and people should know that it happened to him,
0:45:17 > 0:45:19and it affected who he became as an adult.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27It's difficult for me to say that it was all Marcel's fault.
0:45:28 > 0:45:32You know, he really didn't have a chance to be a normal adult.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35When things start occurring in your life at such a young age,
0:45:35 > 0:45:38you can't be held responsible for that.
0:45:38 > 0:45:40And so, he did make his own decisions.
0:45:41 > 0:45:44But I think if he'd had a different upbringing,
0:45:44 > 0:45:48different influences in his life, he would have made different decisions.
0:45:51 > 0:45:53You should only be sentenced to death
0:45:53 > 0:45:56if you're of the very highest level of culpability.
0:45:56 > 0:46:01And in determining that, your background comes into play,
0:46:01 > 0:46:03and this is something that juries commonly consider.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07And so there really was an injustice in the fact that his jury
0:46:07 > 0:46:11heard nothing about his childhood, which was, you know, really bad.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14His trial attorneys essentially admitted his guilt,
0:46:14 > 0:46:18to curry favour with the jury so that they could possibly get
0:46:18 > 0:46:21a life sentence, as opposed to a death sentence.
0:46:21 > 0:46:23But, obviously, that's not how it played out.
0:46:25 > 0:46:29It's not an excuse for his crime, but it's relevant to his sentence
0:46:29 > 0:46:33because the jury was entitled to hear everything about him
0:46:33 > 0:46:36before they decided that he should lose his life.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38So, yes, I think that information is very important,
0:46:38 > 0:46:40and the law says that it is, too.
0:47:02 > 0:47:06We're here today in the matter of Marcel Wayne Williams who has been
0:47:06 > 0:47:10sentenced to death and has applied for an executive clemency.
0:47:10 > 0:47:13- That's correct.- All right, and with that, sir, you may proceed.
0:47:13 > 0:47:15Thank you, Chairman and good morning,
0:47:15 > 0:47:18and thank you each for being here today.
0:47:18 > 0:47:22Our goal this morning is to highlight the most glaring injustice
0:47:22 > 0:47:24that took place in the capital case of Marcel Williams,
0:47:24 > 0:47:27that's the fact that he was sentenced to death by a jury
0:47:27 > 0:47:30who knew absolutely nothing about him,
0:47:30 > 0:47:34other than the facts and circumstances of his crime.
0:47:34 > 0:47:39It was not a strategic decision, it was, in fact, a mistake,
0:47:39 > 0:47:42and we hope to impress upon the board this morning that the story
0:47:42 > 0:47:46of his childhood is a story that a jury should have heard.
0:47:46 > 0:47:48But because of the way the law played out,
0:47:48 > 0:47:50they didn't hear it and they never will.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54And so, I'm going to ask the Board to do what the jury could not do,
0:47:54 > 0:47:57which is to find that while he may deserve to spend
0:47:57 > 0:47:59the rest of his life in prison
0:47:59 > 0:48:02- and he most certainly does, and he acknowledges that -
0:48:02 > 0:48:03he does not deserve to die.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33Now, I can't promise he'll ever receive it, but would you say if you
0:48:33 > 0:48:35had a chance to talk to Marcel right now?
0:48:43 > 0:48:46HE SOBS
0:48:48 > 0:48:50I'm sorry.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57Marcel, I'm sorry.
0:49:10 > 0:49:12I'm sorry that we didn't do the things
0:49:12 > 0:49:13that we needed to do to save you.
0:49:17 > 0:49:21Marcel, I'm sorry that, at the time that we represented you,
0:49:21 > 0:49:23that I represented you, I didn't understand...
0:49:26 > 0:49:29..what needed to be done.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31Not only were you short-changed in your life,
0:49:31 > 0:49:34you were short-changed in your defence...
0:49:34 > 0:49:40and I'd give anything if I had another chance to protect you.
0:49:42 > 0:49:43I mean, you did what you did,
0:49:43 > 0:49:45but you deserved to be defended better,
0:49:45 > 0:49:48and I'm sorry that I wasn't able to help you with that.
0:50:00 > 0:50:04In November of 1994, Marcel abducted,
0:50:04 > 0:50:09raped a young lady named Dena Cronin, a young law student...
0:50:11 > 0:50:13..and took her to an abandoned house.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17He tied her up, put her in a closet and left her there.
0:50:18 > 0:50:19He planned to come back,
0:50:19 > 0:50:22and we don't know what he planned to do, because she escaped.
0:50:24 > 0:50:2922 years later, this is Dena Windall and she's here today,
0:50:29 > 0:50:31and she's going to address the board.
0:50:31 > 0:50:32Dena.
0:50:38 > 0:50:39Good morning.
0:50:45 > 0:50:49My time to speak about the injustices that were done to me...
0:50:51 > 0:50:53..came and went. It was 23 years ago.
0:50:55 > 0:50:59Although it brings back a lot of memories for me...
0:50:59 > 0:51:01I've moved on.
0:51:03 > 0:51:04Mr Williams has moved on.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12It makes no sense to me to kill another human being wilfully.
0:51:14 > 0:51:16I mean, if we all have not sinned in our lives...
0:51:24 > 0:51:27..then you must be God.
0:51:34 > 0:51:37- I forgive you, Mr Williams. - MARCEL:- Thank you.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42That's all I have to say.
0:51:43 > 0:51:45Thank you very much, Dena, for being here.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Excuse me.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11Being in this situation has forced me to look at me.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18And sometimes you don't like the person that
0:52:18 > 0:52:19you see looking back at you.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23So, what do you do? You can't change that.
0:52:26 > 0:52:28And I've tried, I don't know what next to do.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37So, I'm going to end with an apology...
0:52:39 > 0:52:40..to you.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12REPORTER: 6:46 is your time. The big story of the morning -
0:53:12 > 0:53:14tonight, two men are set to be put to death.
0:53:14 > 0:53:17Currently, no legal blocks that would stop Jack Jones'
0:53:17 > 0:53:18or Marcel Williams' execution,
0:53:18 > 0:53:21and if things go according to the state's plan, it will be
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Arkansas' first double execution since
0:53:23 > 0:53:26resuming its lethal injection programme.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Good morning, guys. So both Jack Jones and Marcel Williams
0:53:28 > 0:53:31have already been transferred here to the Cummins Unit
0:53:31 > 0:53:32ahead of tonight,
0:53:32 > 0:53:35and at this point in time, no court orders have been issued that would
0:53:35 > 0:53:37force the state to call off these executions.
0:53:37 > 0:53:40But there are still a number of pending legal challenges
0:53:40 > 0:53:43that can develop throughout the day.
0:53:43 > 0:53:44Today is my birthday.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49I didn't believe it when I first saw it cos I just thought,
0:53:49 > 0:53:53"How odd is that, that it would be the same day as my birthday?"
0:53:58 > 0:54:00I almost feel like...
0:54:01 > 0:54:04..maybe she has a part in this.
0:54:06 > 0:54:09She knows how much I've struggled with it, you know.
0:54:09 > 0:54:11She's got to, I know she does.
0:54:13 > 0:54:17So, it's almost like a present, if you will.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22As things stand right now, Jack Jones is scheduled to die
0:54:22 > 0:54:25at seven o'clock tonight, Marcel Williams at 8:15,
0:54:25 > 0:54:29depending on how some of these legal battles play out in the courts.
0:54:32 > 0:54:35Hopefully, Marcel Williams is put to death.
0:54:37 > 0:54:39I mean, I'm sure he is scared,
0:54:39 > 0:54:43scared that the drugs might not work on him, but, you know, like...
0:54:44 > 0:54:46..I honestly don't care.
0:54:56 > 0:54:57Everything is not exhausted.
0:54:57 > 0:55:00We still have cases that are lodged in various courts
0:55:00 > 0:55:03and we're pursuing those until the final hour.
0:55:04 > 0:55:07So, we're still holding out hope that Marcel will be alive
0:55:07 > 0:55:08come Tuesday morning.
0:55:24 > 0:55:25I'm getting nervous.
0:55:27 > 0:55:28It'll be all right.
0:55:32 > 0:55:33I hope so.
0:55:37 > 0:55:39We're live at the Cummins Unit near Grady, Arkansas,
0:55:39 > 0:55:42where the death chamber is located.
0:55:42 > 0:55:46And tonight, after spending more than 20 years on death row,
0:55:46 > 0:55:49two men are set to be executed, and attorneys for both men
0:55:49 > 0:55:53have filed numerous legal challenges to try and stop
0:55:53 > 0:55:55the executions, claiming that because of their
0:55:55 > 0:56:00medical conditions, that the lethal injection will not work properly.
0:56:00 > 0:56:05But right now, prison officials are preparing to execute both men,
0:56:05 > 0:56:06starting at seven o'clock.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13Everyone's travelling the same stretch of highway right now
0:56:13 > 0:56:14for all different reasons.
0:56:16 > 0:56:20I'm going to be present...
0:56:22 > 0:56:25..when the State murders my brother.
0:56:25 > 0:56:29Lacey is travelling this same road to find closure...
0:56:31 > 0:56:32..for losing her mother.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36There's no bringing her mom back.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42It's just sad, it's just really sad.
0:56:55 > 0:56:56Right, get it done.
0:57:10 > 0:57:14I am here today to be as close to my brother as possible.
0:57:14 > 0:57:18This is as close to the Cummins Unit as I can get.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21So, I promised my brother yesterday, when I walked out,
0:57:21 > 0:57:26that I wanted him to know that I would be as close as I could,
0:57:26 > 0:57:29and if this is as close as I can get, then he knows I'm here.
0:57:32 > 0:57:33Good evening, everyone.
0:57:33 > 0:57:38Last meals, beginning with Jack Jones.
0:57:38 > 0:57:40Three pieces of fried chicken...
0:57:42 > 0:57:46..potato logs with tartare sauce, beef jerky bites...
0:57:48 > 0:57:50..three Butterfinger candy bars...
0:57:52 > 0:57:55..one chocolate milkshake with Butterfinger pieces,
0:57:55 > 0:57:57and fruit punch.
0:57:58 > 0:58:01The last meal of Marcel Williams consisted of the following.
0:58:02 > 0:58:06Three pieces of fried chicken, banana pudding...
0:58:07 > 0:58:12..nachos topped with chilli cheese and jalapeno peppers...
0:58:13 > 0:58:18..two Mountain Dews, and potato logs with ketchup.
0:58:19 > 0:58:22The media witnesses, once again, if there is no consensus,
0:58:22 > 0:58:25then I will select via a random draw.
0:58:27 > 0:58:31All right, the print witness will be Jacob Rosenberg,
0:58:31 > 0:58:33representing Arkansas Times.
0:58:38 > 0:58:41Different things happen to different people when these drugs
0:58:41 > 0:58:43go through them. OK, these guys are both diabetic,
0:58:43 > 0:58:47they're both overweight, and that's just been a big concern.
0:58:47 > 0:58:49I mean, if the Midazolam works like it's supposed to,
0:58:49 > 0:58:52then, you know, it's just a guy falling asleep.
0:58:54 > 0:58:57Tracey, David, Andrew.
0:58:57 > 0:58:58- I wish you guys well.- OK.
0:59:05 > 0:59:08The last photo was yesterday, just saying goodbye.
0:59:12 > 0:59:14He looks good. I love his hair like that.
0:59:16 > 0:59:17Damn.
0:59:21 > 0:59:25"Love, what I wouldn't give if once again I had the chance to be
0:59:25 > 0:59:28"your brother, in another time and kinder place,
0:59:28 > 0:59:32"in another life where I knew much sooner how truly wonderful you are,
0:59:32 > 0:59:34"and how much I'd come to love you.
0:59:35 > 0:59:38"Love, Bro," and he kissed it.
0:59:40 > 0:59:42Every letter I wrote him was always, "Love, Sis,"...
0:59:44 > 0:59:45..and his is "Love, Bro."
0:59:45 > 0:59:47And so...
0:59:47 > 0:59:51we agreed to have tattoos to remind each other every day...
0:59:52 > 0:59:54..how much we meant to each other.
0:59:55 > 0:59:58We'll always have something...
0:59:58 > 0:59:59together, side by side.
1:00:04 > 1:00:06"Love, Bro."
1:00:48 > 1:00:50BELL TOLLS
1:00:50 > 1:00:52For whom the bell tolls...
1:00:53 > 1:00:54..it tolls for thee.
1:01:17 > 1:01:20I can't sit there and say, "I wish a person was dead,"
1:01:20 > 1:01:22so I don't say that.
1:01:22 > 1:01:25I say, "I wish that justice would be served
1:01:25 > 1:01:30"and he would pay for his crime," because it is...
1:01:30 > 1:01:32It makes me feel like a bad person to sit there
1:01:32 > 1:01:34and say that I want someone to be dead.
1:01:42 > 1:01:45I get upset sometimes and think, "Oh, I shouldn't think that,
1:01:45 > 1:01:49"I shouldn't want this." You know, but I do, so...
1:01:55 > 1:01:58You know, I don't hurt people and I don't want to hurt people...
1:02:00 > 1:02:03..and I sure don't want to...
1:02:04 > 1:02:07..encourage someone dying, or sit there and say,
1:02:07 > 1:02:08"I want someone dead."
1:02:10 > 1:02:12You know?
1:02:12 > 1:02:15But I want justice to be served, and it has to be.
1:03:05 > 1:03:07PHONE RINGS
1:03:14 > 1:03:15This is Solomon.
1:03:30 > 1:03:32Just a few moments ago, Wendy Kelley,
1:03:32 > 1:03:35Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction, read the
1:03:35 > 1:03:38following statement in the Execution Chamber -
1:03:38 > 1:03:42"A lethal injection was administered at 7:06pm, and the Coroner has
1:03:42 > 1:03:46"pronounced Jack Harold Jones dead at 7:20pm,
1:03:46 > 1:03:48"carrying out the sentence of
1:03:48 > 1:03:51"the Circuit Court of White County, Arkansas."
1:03:51 > 1:03:56In addition, I want to read to you the last words of Jack Jones.
1:03:57 > 1:04:01"I just want to let Lacey know how sorry I am.
1:04:01 > 1:04:05"I can't believe I did something to her.
1:04:05 > 1:04:09"I hope over time you could learn who I really am,
1:04:09 > 1:04:12"and I am not a monster.
1:04:12 > 1:04:16"I'm so sorry, Lacey, try to understand.
1:04:16 > 1:04:18"I love you like my child."
1:04:27 > 1:04:30He had a bond with her, in his mind, that...
1:04:32 > 1:04:34..she was like his and...
1:04:36 > 1:04:38Yeah. So, I just pray tonight that...
1:04:40 > 1:04:42..wherever she's at now and whatever she...
1:04:44 > 1:04:46..you know, experienced up there tonight,
1:04:46 > 1:04:48that she walked away with whatever it is that she needed.
1:05:16 > 1:05:18Just a minute.
1:05:18 > 1:05:22There's definitely a different mood in the air right now,
1:05:22 > 1:05:26a little more tension and a little less tension in different ways.
1:05:26 > 1:05:30I would like to thank the Governor and his office and everyone that
1:05:30 > 1:05:34works with him and for him, that gave our family some justice.
1:05:34 > 1:05:38So, I'm glad that that part of my life is...
1:05:40 > 1:05:42..that chapter is closed.
1:05:42 > 1:05:44Mr Jones said right before he died
1:05:44 > 1:05:47that he thought of you as like a child to him now...
1:05:47 > 1:05:49I don't want to talk about that.
1:05:49 > 1:05:52And I really don't have anything else I want to say right now,
1:05:52 > 1:05:53thank you.
1:06:09 > 1:06:11SHE SOBS: No!
1:06:12 > 1:06:14No!
1:06:14 > 1:06:16Tell me it's not so!
1:06:16 > 1:06:18Tell me it's not so!
1:06:27 > 1:06:29Somebody's calling her and telling her that Jack's was botched.
1:06:29 > 1:06:31- Oh, my God.- Tell me it's not so!
1:06:34 > 1:06:38Well, Marcel Williams is scheduled to follow,
1:06:38 > 1:06:41and his lawyers filed an emergency appeal to try to block
1:06:41 > 1:06:43the second execution.
1:06:43 > 1:06:44It's hard to tell,
1:06:44 > 1:06:47it's hard to keep up with all the different legal manoeuvring.
1:06:47 > 1:06:50What I'm reading right now is that the Governor of Arkansas spokesman
1:06:50 > 1:06:53says that the execution went "flawlessly."
1:06:53 > 1:06:55But witnesses say that his mouth was moving,
1:06:55 > 1:06:57that he was gulping for air.
1:06:59 > 1:07:03And so that raises very real possibility that this was
1:07:03 > 1:07:05an excruciatingly painful death for him.
1:07:22 > 1:07:25That information came from Marcel Williams' lawyers,
1:07:25 > 1:07:29so I don't know if the Governor's spokesperson was a witness or not.
1:07:30 > 1:07:33But I would take the word of somebody who watched it happen,
1:07:33 > 1:07:35rather than a politician's spokesperson.
1:07:37 > 1:07:39The procedure began at 7:06pm.
1:07:40 > 1:07:44I tried to mark down what I saw.
1:07:44 > 1:07:47There were no signs to me that he was struggling.
1:07:48 > 1:07:51His lips were still moving.
1:07:51 > 1:07:52The microphone was off,
1:07:52 > 1:07:54so I'm not sure if he was actually saying something
1:07:54 > 1:07:57or if it was just him moving his mouth.
1:07:57 > 1:07:59I heard some of the legal filings say that he might have
1:07:59 > 1:08:02been gasping for air. That wasn't what I saw.
1:08:02 > 1:08:04I'm not a doctor, but...
1:08:05 > 1:08:08..I don't believe those claims are accurate.
1:08:08 > 1:08:12Tonight, Jack Jones' execution was the reason
1:08:12 > 1:08:14that Marcel Williams appealed to a judge.
1:08:14 > 1:08:17They wanted to temporarily halt the executions, which she
1:08:17 > 1:08:20ultimately did, but then lifted that stay.
1:08:20 > 1:08:24You didn't see anything to alarm you or any of the other witnesses
1:08:24 > 1:08:27- in the room?- No, I don't think any of us were alarmed.
1:08:27 > 1:08:29Gosh, thank you.
1:08:29 > 1:08:31It appeared to happen fairly smoothly.
1:08:31 > 1:08:35You know something, he saw it and I'll take that, you know.
1:08:35 > 1:08:37I'll take it, I'll take it.
1:08:37 > 1:08:38I'll take it.
1:08:48 > 1:08:52The State successfully carried out the execution of Jack Jones.
1:08:52 > 1:08:56So, at this point, the State is starting to move forward
1:08:56 > 1:08:59with what will be the first double execution that we have seen
1:08:59 > 1:09:02in the State since 1999.
1:09:06 > 1:09:08It's not that I want him to suffer...
1:09:10 > 1:09:12..or it not to work right or something.
1:09:14 > 1:09:16That is not what I want.
1:09:17 > 1:09:21I want him to be passed on and not be here to hurt nobody else.
1:09:23 > 1:09:24And if he ever got out, he would.
1:09:34 > 1:09:36I hope that the State of Arkansas
1:09:36 > 1:09:38is embarrassed that this is going forward.
1:09:38 > 1:09:41Because we're on this schedule, everything's rushed,
1:09:41 > 1:09:43simply for the State's convenience.
1:09:43 > 1:09:45You know, they threw justice out of the window,
1:09:45 > 1:09:49because there's no way that all of the claims that these prisoners have
1:09:49 > 1:09:52can be reasonably considered in this time frame.
1:09:53 > 1:09:57And when you consider the fact that, you know,
1:09:57 > 1:10:02the stake is life or death, that makes it all the more unjust.
1:10:12 > 1:10:15A spokesman says the execution is happening right now, so...
1:10:16 > 1:10:18What?
1:10:18 > 1:10:20They went ahead with it, it's going on right now.
1:10:24 > 1:10:27BELL TOLLS
1:10:30 > 1:10:34Almighty God, to you all hearts are open,
1:10:34 > 1:10:38all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid.
1:10:41 > 1:10:44Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts,
1:10:44 > 1:10:46by the inspiration of your holy spirit...
1:10:48 > 1:10:54..that we may perfectly love you and worthily magnify your holy name.
1:10:54 > 1:10:57Through Christ, our Lord, amen.
1:11:50 > 1:11:53PHONE RINGS
1:12:01 > 1:12:02It's Solomon.
1:12:09 > 1:12:13A lethal injection was administered at 10:16pm, and the Coroner has
1:12:13 > 1:12:18pronounced Marcel Wayne Williams dead at 10:33pm,
1:12:18 > 1:12:22carrying out the sentence of the Circuit Court of Pulaski County.
1:12:25 > 1:12:28I did not see anything that was distress that I would
1:12:28 > 1:12:32attribute to the Midazolam, based on what I've read about Midazolam.
1:12:34 > 1:12:40A true injustice occurred that a man has died with an unjust sentence,
1:12:40 > 1:12:44that I and the attorneys I work with have tried everything
1:12:44 > 1:12:46to correct.
1:12:46 > 1:12:48We put all of the appropriate information in front of the court
1:12:48 > 1:12:52so that they could correct it, and it still went uncorrected.
1:12:52 > 1:12:55You know, for someone who went to law school and who, as an attorney,
1:12:55 > 1:12:58I've built my life on the justice system, it's really...
1:12:59 > 1:13:02It's made me lose confidence in how everything works,
1:13:02 > 1:13:05and it makes you re-evaluate everything about the law.
1:13:29 > 1:13:33He's not getting a funeral, there's nobody here to say goodbye.
1:13:34 > 1:13:37But I couldn't bear the thought of him being cremated tomorrow
1:13:37 > 1:13:40in his prison whites. So, I went into Walmart last night,
1:13:40 > 1:13:42kind of in a stupor, thinking,
1:13:42 > 1:13:45"What the heck do I buy my brother to be cremated in?"
1:13:45 > 1:13:49Nothing made sense, and lo and behold, you look up and...
1:13:49 > 1:13:50I found this Dr Pepper T-shirt.
1:13:52 > 1:13:54You know? SHE LAUGHS
1:13:54 > 1:13:56"Good for life."
1:13:58 > 1:13:59"Good for life."
1:14:13 > 1:14:17I see Jason McGehee as a monster.
1:14:19 > 1:14:23I feel sorry for John's family, but this is my boy,
1:14:23 > 1:14:26and I don't want him to die.
1:14:27 > 1:14:28This is a bullet wound.
1:14:29 > 1:14:33I, Kenneth Williams, am responsible for this.
1:14:35 > 1:14:37Kenneth Williams killed my father.
1:14:38 > 1:14:41His last wishes were to see his daughter for one last time.