WEBVTT - Sentenced to Death

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<v Speaker 1>Dear Governor is a production of I Heart Media and

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<v Speaker 1>three Months Media. If you are moved by Jarvis Master's

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<v Speaker 1>story and would like to support his cause, visit free

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<v Speaker 1>an open letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom. Dear Governor Newsom,

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<v Speaker 1>Dear Mr Governor Newsom. This is an open letter to

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<v Speaker 1>Governor Gavin Newsom, Dear Governor Newson. The year the Compact

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<v Speaker 1>diss was introduced, The year New Coke was launched, The

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<v Speaker 1>year the UNI bomber killed his first victim, and too

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<v Speaker 1>much less fanfare or infamy. The year Jarvis J. Masters

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<v Speaker 1>was charged with conspiracy to commit murder of a corrections officer.

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<v Speaker 1>This story ran in the Los Angeles Times December three

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<v Speaker 1>of nineteen. Three inmates have been charged in the death

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<v Speaker 1>of a San Quentin prison guard who was killed with

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<v Speaker 1>a makeshift spear last summer. The Marine County District Attorney's

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<v Speaker 1>Office said. A spokesman said Andre Johnson twenty one, Jarvis J.

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<v Speaker 1>Masters twenty three, and Lawrence Woodard thirty nine have been

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<v Speaker 1>charged for conspiracy and murder with special circumstances in the

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<v Speaker 1>death of Sergeant Howell Dean Birchfield. We're all convicted for

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<v Speaker 1>conspiracy to commit murder. Johnson was committed for sugety of

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<v Speaker 1>conspiracy commit murder and the factual murder of original guard

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<v Speaker 1>where was convicted of conspiracy commit murder, but as the

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<v Speaker 1>leader of planning the murder, which wrote special circumstances to

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<v Speaker 1>him because he planned it, it was his orders, so

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<v Speaker 1>he was convicted of that. When I was convicted of

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<v Speaker 1>conspiracy and of sear bringing the weapon, and they never

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<v Speaker 1>kept that weapon because they never found Jervis Masters, Andre Johnson,

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<v Speaker 1>and Lawrence would were tried simultaneously before two separate juries,

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<v Speaker 1>one for Masters and Wordard and the other for Johnson.

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<v Speaker 1>Were you seated by your attorneys? You? I have two

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<v Speaker 1>of them. I had Jeffrey wrote Wine on the right

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<v Speaker 1>and Michael Satus on the other side, and we became

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<v Speaker 1>very very close. They understood my predicament and honestly were

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<v Speaker 1>kind of stuff I was into where how stuck I

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<v Speaker 1>am in this situation? And they said that the only

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<v Speaker 1>way we can get you off of this man is

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<v Speaker 1>that you have to tell your truth, and your truth

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<v Speaker 1>is going to get a lot of people in trouble.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, yeah, I said no, I seem like the

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<v Speaker 1>gas chamber is a lot further away than exercise, are

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<v Speaker 1>you know? So I said, no, that's not me. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't go snitch. You know, people that they committed murder.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll kill you right there on that entercise, right there,

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<v Speaker 1>you're dead. In prison vernacular, snitches rats informants refer to

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<v Speaker 1>inmates who cooperate with prison personnel by furnishing damaging information

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<v Speaker 1>about other inmates, often in exchange for lighter sentences or

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of payback monetary or otherwise allow One pair

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<v Speaker 1>of notorious snitches in Orange County, California, who were rewarded

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<v Speaker 1>with almost limitless taco bell runs for their information, I

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<v Speaker 1>asked former San Quentin Warden Daniel Vasquez, what would have

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<v Speaker 1>happened if Jarvis were to cooperate with the police and

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<v Speaker 1>snitch on his fellow inmates. They would they would retaliate

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<v Speaker 1>against you and your family. They would kill you if

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<v Speaker 1>they got that opportunity, or or killed your some of

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<v Speaker 1>your family as well. Attorney, they will be there being

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<v Speaker 1>threatened by the game members. They were being threatened. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they were being threatened, you know. They reported it. They

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<v Speaker 1>went into the back room and reported it. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know they did, but they did Mum saying that they

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<v Speaker 1>couldn't represent me because they feel threatened, and that they

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<v Speaker 1>will to represent me in an individual case without being

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<v Speaker 1>connected to nobody. It's me by myself and they wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>do that. I asked Michael Satris, one of Jarvis's attorneys

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<v Speaker 1>during the murder trial, if he remembered threats made to

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<v Speaker 1>the defense team. We had a whole hearing and everything

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<v Speaker 1>about that where I think somebody was tape recording woods

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<v Speaker 1>and would had made some threats to us. They would

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<v Speaker 1>been sealed the hearing with it because I think we

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<v Speaker 1>made a motion to withdraw or something because hey, we're

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<v Speaker 1>in a conflict now. Yeah, remembers that, Yeah, And so

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<v Speaker 1>there was all motion around that where all the evidence

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<v Speaker 1>of the threat and everything that the tape recording thing was.

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<v Speaker 1>It was a matter of record. And then we because

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<v Speaker 1>it had to do with the attorney client relationship that

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<v Speaker 1>nobody else had an interest in, we had a sealed

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<v Speaker 1>hearing where we talked about it with the judge. I

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<v Speaker 1>think I start finding out Alice in trouble when I

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<v Speaker 1>knew I felt trapped. I knew that I knew that

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<v Speaker 1>I needed to tell the story about me. If I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't tell a story about me, and if I did

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<v Speaker 1>show a story about me, it was definitely gonna implicrate there.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm thinking, Okay, if this goes any further, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not gonna be able to get out of this, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>because if I try to get out of it, then

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<v Speaker 1>if ilicate is going to implicate other people. And I'm saying,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, yeah, this is this is not good here.

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<v Speaker 1>You know this is not good. And I still thought

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<v Speaker 1>up until I saw the d A making his case,

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<v Speaker 1>he was finding things out that I never knew existed.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm looking at everybody saying, you know what's going

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<v Speaker 1>on here? And people were saying, man, this is none

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<v Speaker 1>of your business. You know, this is none they you know,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not you. They just trying to keep you here

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<v Speaker 1>to snitch on other people. That's the only reason why

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<v Speaker 1>they got you here, manage, because they got to use

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<v Speaker 1>you to fetch all other people. So don't you worry

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<v Speaker 1>about it. I always thought I was thinking out. I

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<v Speaker 1>really did. One major misconception about the death penalty is

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<v Speaker 1>that it's a cost effective measure to get rid of

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<v Speaker 1>the worst of the worst, Kill him quick and be

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<v Speaker 1>through with it. Why waste our precious tax dollars to

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<v Speaker 1>permit violent criminals to live out their natural lives in

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<v Speaker 1>prison when the average execution costs less than a thousand dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>But the truth of the matter is that it's far

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<v Speaker 1>less expensive to imprison people for life without parole and

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<v Speaker 1>execute them. The arduous legal process costs more tax dollars,

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<v Speaker 1>to the tune of seven hundred thousand to a million

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<v Speaker 1>dollars to execute someone. The reason for this disparity is

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<v Speaker 1>due to a bunch of factors. The state often pays

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<v Speaker 1>expenses for both the prosecution and defense. Then there's the

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<v Speaker 1>exorbitant costs associated with pre trial and trial of capital cases,

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<v Speaker 1>more investigative costs, the cost of court personnel for protracted cases.

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<v Speaker 1>It's even more expensive to house capital defendants as they

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<v Speaker 1>await their final goodbye. According to one study in two

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<v Speaker 1>thousand nine, the average cost of keeping a death row

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<v Speaker 1>inmate in prison during this lengthy process was forty seven

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<v Speaker 1>thousand dollars per year, and as much as ninety dollars

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<v Speaker 1>To put that in perspective. Jarvis was sentenced to death

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<v Speaker 1>on July three, that equates to millions of California tax

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<v Speaker 1>dollars for just one of the more than seven thirty

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<v Speaker 1>inmates on death row. Now, though Jarvis is a bit

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<v Speaker 1>of an anomaly and that the average stay on death

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<v Speaker 1>row prior to execution or exoneration is a mere fifteen years,

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<v Speaker 1>but the math adds up to billions up next. Stanford

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<v Speaker 1>Law professor Larry Marshall on the litany of failings in

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<v Speaker 1>our capital punishment system, above and beyond the excessive costs.

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<v Speaker 1>Stanford Law professor and informal advisor for Jervis's next appeal,

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<v Speaker 1>Larry Marshall on our country's broken capital punishment system. The

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<v Speaker 1>issue of arbitrary nous, the issue of, beyond the racial part,

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<v Speaker 1>who gets death and who doesn't is, as was called

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<v Speaker 1>by the Supreme Court back in the seventies, a strike

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<v Speaker 1>of lightning. And it seems terribly, terribly unsustainable to say

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<v Speaker 1>that we are going to have that randomness in deciding

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<v Speaker 1>who will live and who will die. Jail house informants,

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<v Speaker 1>how many cases do we need to see? How many

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<v Speaker 1>scandals do we need to see? Until it's recognized that

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<v Speaker 1>this is not a trustworthy form of evidence. These are

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<v Speaker 1>people who are selling their testimony to the highest bidder,

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<v Speaker 1>and sort of the issue that has become the dominant

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<v Speaker 1>one in conversation about the death penalty arises. And I

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<v Speaker 1>left it for last in my list intentionally because I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to make it sound like it's the only

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<v Speaker 1>problem with the death penalty. But it's a huge, significant problem,

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<v Speaker 1>and that is the problem of innocence. That we have

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<v Speaker 1>come to learn in the past couple of decades that

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<v Speaker 1>the confidence that we used to have in our criminal

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<v Speaker 1>justice system is unfounded. That as hard as we try,

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<v Speaker 1>and this goes for capital punishment, non capital punishment, as

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<v Speaker 1>hard as we try, profound errors are inevitable. That eyewitnesses,

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<v Speaker 1>who we used to think were the gold standard of evidence,

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<v Speaker 1>make terrible mistakes. Innocent mistakes, good faith mistakes, but they

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<v Speaker 1>make mistakes. And we know this because we can study

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<v Speaker 1>that in laboratories, and we know that that's particularly true

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<v Speaker 1>when you're talking about cross racial identification. We know that

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<v Speaker 1>what we used to think was the case, which was

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<v Speaker 1>that if somebody confess a crime, they must have done it,

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<v Speaker 1>we now know from case after case after case that

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<v Speaker 1>that simply is not true. That people scores hundreds of

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<v Speaker 1>people have confessed to terrible crimes that we now know

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<v Speaker 1>they did not commit. Why did they confess, Well, often

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<v Speaker 1>it's because they were subject to deep emotional uh psychological

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<v Speaker 1>interrogation that led them to do that, perhaps because they

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<v Speaker 1>thought they were going to be framed and the only

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<v Speaker 1>way to avoid the harsher penalty would be to confess

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<v Speaker 1>to the to to confess and hopefully get a deal

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<v Speaker 1>through that. Some people, as I said, have mental illness

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<v Speaker 1>that leads them to confess. But the idea that you

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't say you did it unless you did it has

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<v Speaker 1>now been discarded. There's no it's false. I know that

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<v Speaker 1>that was the last case they heard on the pilly

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<v Speaker 1>faced portion of it, and they gave me the death killty.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody thought I wasn't gonna get the death pilty because

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<v Speaker 1>those guys didn't get it. How in the world can

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<v Speaker 1>Jarvis get it? And he told you to was a

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<v Speaker 1>sharper new weapon. Why do you think you got it?

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<v Speaker 1>There's a legal explanation for it, and there's my explanation

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<v Speaker 1>for it. I think illegal explanation holds work around. Though.

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<v Speaker 1>My old thing was that I didn't defend myself. I

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<v Speaker 1>did not defend myself. I did not say where I

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<v Speaker 1>was two weeks before that happened. I did not explain

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<v Speaker 1>my activities, and I didn't do any of that, and

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<v Speaker 1>I tied my best. Nothing that my attorney to do it.

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<v Speaker 1>It was not my case, it was it was their case.

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<v Speaker 1>It was not my case. I didn't have to not

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<v Speaker 1>to worry about that's their stuff. Why would I worry

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<v Speaker 1>about this? This don't happen them to do with me.

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<v Speaker 1>These guys are in trouble, not me. How was my anitude? Uh?

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<v Speaker 1>Now their explanation is this that this jury became a

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<v Speaker 1>professional jury. They use the word professional jury because when

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<v Speaker 1>you first get jewels and they get elected, they fresh,

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<v Speaker 1>they knew they are being guided by instructions. They're asked

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<v Speaker 1>to listen to the evidence, and the evidence is how

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<v Speaker 1>they come to some conclusion. But you educate them, you

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<v Speaker 1>tell them the case, you explain what's going on, and

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<v Speaker 1>how long they're gonna be there. I mean, they just

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<v Speaker 1>so new. I mean they come from their jobs to

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<v Speaker 1>be here instead in a murder trial. Okay, when they

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<v Speaker 1>came down the woodard being sentenced, they didn't know how

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<v Speaker 1>to do it. They argue, amongst themselves. They got into

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<v Speaker 1>these personal conflicts. They never was gonna give him the

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<v Speaker 1>death pend. They was a hung jury once twice, I

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<v Speaker 1>think was two hung juries. They just didn't get along

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<v Speaker 1>and they were not you know, it became more out

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<v Speaker 1>of you know, you disrespected me and you wanted me

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<v Speaker 1>to vote this way. I'm not vote. You know. It

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<v Speaker 1>was one of those things. So when it came to me,

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<v Speaker 1>they all said, okay, and this is really how it

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<v Speaker 1>happened to let's get along, let's stop fighting, and it

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<v Speaker 1>would go faster blah blah blah. So now they became professionals.

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<v Speaker 1>They learned how to vote to execute somebody. They did

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<v Speaker 1>it the right way. They didn't fight, They listened. They

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<v Speaker 1>were more listening to each other. They were expecting each

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<v Speaker 1>other's opinions, and by the time they took the vote,

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<v Speaker 1>they all were on the same page. They became professionals.

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<v Speaker 1>They learned how to kill somebody, and that's not the

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<v Speaker 1>kind of jury you want. Yeah, that's what happened before

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<v Speaker 1>the penalty page. Do you remember the moment when you

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<v Speaker 1>heard the jury come back and say guilty, Yeah, I did,

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<v Speaker 1>I did, I did. I remember all the guards there

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<v Speaker 1>was something about you can hear this chuckle. I finding, yes,

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<v Speaker 1>we got him. They were keeping themselves composed, but you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they all you can hear this constant chuckle of their

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<v Speaker 1>keys and belts and leather stuff. They all moved at

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<v Speaker 1>the same time, all over the courtroom, you know. So

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<v Speaker 1>it became real. It became real. It became real earlier that.

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<v Speaker 1>But then it was like, okay, all right, Jay just

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<v Speaker 1>found me guilty. Then when they went to the sentence phase,

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<v Speaker 1>you came back and do you remember what they said?

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<v Speaker 1>Did the jury stand up and the foreman tell you

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<v Speaker 1>what you were sentenced to? Yeah, they say, we recommend

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<v Speaker 1>death something like that. This is gonna be crazy here. Yeah. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I was really messed up after that. I was really

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<v Speaker 1>that was really messed up. I probably didn't show it,

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<v Speaker 1>but um well they asked me to, and I looked

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<v Speaker 1>in at magazine. I've seen that that book they had

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<v Speaker 1>for Free Life and Relationship to Death. And then he

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<v Speaker 1>really get this book, man, you know, and that's that's

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<v Speaker 1>started a whole another chapter of my life. Prior to

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<v Speaker 1>being implicated in the capital crime, Jarvis remembers watching condemned

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<v Speaker 1>prisoners walked by his cell and wondering what it would

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<v Speaker 1>be like to walk in those ill fitted shoes for years.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I I was not on Death Row, but

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<v Speaker 1>I was a saying Quentin, and I watched Death Row

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<v Speaker 1>walk by myself many times because they were on the

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<v Speaker 1>fifth tier and I was down on the fourth tier,

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<v Speaker 1>and so they were around me. And then I end

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<v Speaker 1>up getting it and it was just like, this is

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<v Speaker 1>not real. You know. You know how many times I

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<v Speaker 1>walked across Death Row and I looked that people and

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<v Speaker 1>they just looked like they were cattle or something. And

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<v Speaker 1>I felt really bad because they were on death Road,

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<v Speaker 1>and they always wanted to know what that feel like

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<v Speaker 1>at night. The only thing that made the kind of

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<v Speaker 1>light was that they have to go nowhere. You know.

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<v Speaker 1>I was in the same sale uh new people all

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<v Speaker 1>up and down the chier. You know, I had been

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<v Speaker 1>there a couple of years, so they didn't take me

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<v Speaker 1>to this new unit or anything like that. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>it kept me right where I was, So I just

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<v Speaker 1>came back with a new sentence. Sentenced to death. Jarvis

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<v Speaker 1>began writing about life on death Row early into a sentence.

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<v Speaker 1>One person who he credits for teaching him and motivating

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<v Speaker 1>him to write about his ordeal. Is Buddhist writer and teacher.

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<v Speaker 1>Susan Moon is someone I've been known for a long time,

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<v Speaker 1>and she's a writer, and she's the editor of Turning

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<v Speaker 1>Will that I got published in so many times when

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<v Speaker 1>she visited me, I used to always learned from her plan.

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<v Speaker 1>When I finally got that Bird has My Wings gun,

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<v Speaker 1>she helped from the first page to the end. It

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<v Speaker 1>was with Susan's guidance in that Jarvis won the prestigious

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<v Speaker 1>Pen Literary Award for his unnerving poem entitled Recipe for

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<v Speaker 1>Prison and Pruno. Pruno, incidentally, is homemade fruit based fermented

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<v Speaker 1>prison alcohol, also referred to as hooch rescue for pruno.

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<v Speaker 1>Suthan Moose says, you know what, General, sucust do something.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me write something and you write something that goes

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<v Speaker 1>in between, and see what it sounds like. And I said,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, let's do it. So when I went back

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<v Speaker 1>to myself a few days later, I had got the

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<v Speaker 1>order the transcripts that issued my death one, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was looking at this and I was saying, wow, you

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<v Speaker 1>know these people got every sentence serious as hell. I said, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>this is right. You know you will be put onto this.

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<v Speaker 1>You will remain as saying Quentin until you put the death.

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<v Speaker 1>And I'm thinking, and this is James Cagney type movie stuff,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. So I looked at it and looked at it,

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<v Speaker 1>and at the same time, I had a big old

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<v Speaker 1>batch of puno under the bed. You know, it was

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<v Speaker 1>ready to So I looked at both them and I said,

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<v Speaker 1>you know what I will see if I can write

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<v Speaker 1>the same thing. Susan showed me how to do it right.

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<v Speaker 1>So I took one. I took the transcripts off the

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<v Speaker 1>court order, my def sence court order, and I knew

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<v Speaker 1>how to make prono. So I wrote prono and I

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<v Speaker 1>had the transcripts and I said, okay, this is how

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<v Speaker 1>you make prono. And this is what you got now,

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<v Speaker 1>this is how to see what students. You remember what

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<v Speaker 1>Susan Moon did, right, thisn't that? And you give and

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<v Speaker 1>I started reading. I said, well this is pretty good.

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<v Speaker 1>I did this and I did that. I said, oh man,

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<v Speaker 1>this is starting to scare me. Now. You know, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>getting ready to get executed and I need a drink in.

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<v Speaker 1>Actor and social rights activist Danny Glover read Jarvis's award

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<v Speaker 1>winning poem and it can mention called doing time organized

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<v Speaker 1>to celebrate prison writers. Here he is intertwined with Jarvis's

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<v Speaker 1>own recitation of recipe for prison Pruno recipe for prison

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<v Speaker 1>pun ten peel auntists Jarvis masters. It is the judgment

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<v Speaker 1>and sentence of this court one eight hour bowl of

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<v Speaker 1>food contail that the charge information was true, squeezed fruit

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<v Speaker 1>into a small plastic bag, and the jury, having previously

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<v Speaker 1>on said days and put the juice along with this

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<v Speaker 1>mesh inside, found that the company showed be death at

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<v Speaker 1>sixteen ounces of water and seal the bag typing at

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<v Speaker 1>this court, having on August twenty placed the bag in

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<v Speaker 1>your sink, then find your motion for a new trial,

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<v Speaker 1>and heated with hot running water for fifteen minutes. It

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<v Speaker 1>is the order of this court that you've suffered death.

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<v Speaker 1>Wrapped howels around the bag to keep it warm for

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<v Speaker 1>fermentation sand penalty to be inflicted within the walls of

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<v Speaker 1>San Quentin. Stashed the bag in your cell undisturbed for

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<v Speaker 1>forty eight hours, at which place you shall be put

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<v Speaker 1>to death when the time elapsed in the manner described

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<v Speaker 1>by law. At forty to sixty cubes of white sugar.

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<v Speaker 1>The day lated to be fixed by the court and

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<v Speaker 1>warrant of execution six TEA schools of catch up. You

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<v Speaker 1>are recommended to the custody of the Warden of San Quentin,

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<v Speaker 1>and he taken for thirty minutes to be held by him,

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<v Speaker 1>pending finally secured the bag has done before determination of

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<v Speaker 1>your appeal and stashed the bag undisturbed for seventy two hours,

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<v Speaker 1>repeat daily for fifteen minutes. It witnessed there after seventy

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<v Speaker 1>two hours, I have here on set my hand as

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<v Speaker 1>judge of the Superior Court, with the spoils skim off

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<v Speaker 1>the mash, and I have caused the seal of this

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<v Speaker 1>court to be a fixed there to pour the remaining

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<v Speaker 1>portion into eight god mercy have learned. So California State Prison,

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<v Speaker 1>same king. Would Danny be saying one verse of it

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll be saying the other? Huh? I would love

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<v Speaker 1>Danny to be making a prono, but logically it doesn't fit.

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<v Speaker 1>But I was just cracking a joke to seeing Danny,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, making prono and the Selle Danny Glover that

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<v Speaker 1>is very you had sixty seconds remaining so annoying. We

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<v Speaker 1>start talking and it gets all interrupted constantly all the time.

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<v Speaker 1>I do not like that lady. Yeah, and she's been

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<v Speaker 1>on my nerves. As we were wrapping the production of

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<v Speaker 1>this episode, I received an email notification from the Supreme

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<v Speaker 1>Court of California regarding Jarvis's habeas corpus appeal, and it

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<v Speaker 1>read notice of forthcoming opinion to be filed in three days.

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<v Speaker 1>So the untenable weight is over. I asked Jarvis how

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<v Speaker 1>he is feeling about the outcome. The greatest fear I

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<v Speaker 1>could ever imagine, walking out of here after all these years,

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<v Speaker 1>looking looking for where I belong in this big old place.

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<v Speaker 1>Will the court reaffirm Jervis's death sentence, exhausting his final

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<v Speaker 1>state appeal. Next week we'll bring you the news and

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<v Speaker 1>what that will mean for the future of Jarvis's life.

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