He was in Buffalo, N.Y., for a speaking engagement, and a woman religious in the area arranged a visit with Timothy McVeigh's father. Bud remembers the atmosphere being tense until he mentioned Bill McVeigh's garden. After the visit, Bud went to Hope House, a halfway house for convicts, where he sat on a sofa and cried for a long period of time. I never felt closer to God than I did at that time. Paul has rekindled his spirit by working with Death Row inmates at Eddyville prison in Kentucky.
People can change.
He has befriended many of them and even has accompanied one of them to the death chamber. That prisoner carried Paul's daughter's rosary to the electric chair. Cindy Stevens' rosary has been passed among Death Row inmates at Eddyville for more than five years. Bud has taken a more public role as an advocate against the death penalty. He has been on a national speaking circuit and has testified before Congress.