Monday, May 19, 2008

Carroll Pickett

So what did it feel like for Carroll Pickett to minister to a man he was convinced was innocent just before that man was led down the hall and executed? What is it like to be in the room as a man is strapped down and pumped with three chemicals back to back – one to put him to sleep, the next to paralyze him, and the third to stop his heart – after having spent the day with him watching him cower in the corner as a thunder storm passed over? What is it like to say to a guard you feel convinced the man about to be put to death didn’t commit the crime he was convicted of and have the guard agree with you. And know that neither of you can do anything about it. That the courts, the governor, and the supreme court of the land have all said this man received justice, ‘s OK to kill him. What can that be like? Listen to Pickett tell his story.

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