Then, executions were a ceremony designed as an object lesson for others in the community. But the last words of the condemned are rarely that. Fitzgerald has seen some take their last words opportunity to apologize, pray and sing. Others remain defiant. But many, Fitzgerald said, exit this world with remorse.
Prison changes people.
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