IN
IN THE
IN THE EXE4@CUTION ROOM GETTING THE JUSTICE THEY'VE BEEN
WAITING FOR FOR MORE THAN
THREE DECADES IN NINETEEN
EIGHTY FIVE BILLY RAY4@ IRAQ
WAS BABYSITTING PAULA AND HER
BROTHERS I RECALL LATER
ADMITTED TO LOCKING THE BOYS
OUT OF THE ROOM WHERE HE
RAPED AND KILLED4@ THAT LITTLE
GIRL THE CASE STILL HAUNTS4@
THE FAMILY AND A LEAD
DETECTIVE CONVICTED AND
SENTENCED TO DEATH IN
NINETEEN EIGHTY SIX IRAQ
SURVIVED ON DEATH ROW EVER
SINCE THROUGH A STRING OF
APPEALS THE U S SUPREME COURT4@
DENIED A FINAL APPEAL TODAY
AND TONIGHT JUST BEFORE NINE
O'CLOCK4@ THE STATE OF
TENNESSEE USED TO LETHAL
INJECTION TO AND THE LIFE OF
BILLY RAY IRAQ. MY COLLEAGUE
ROBIN4@ WILL VOICE IS ANCHORING
OUR LIVE COVERAGE TONIGHT
FROM NASHVILLE ROBIN JOHN WE
ARE JUST DOWN THE ROAD FROM
RIVER BAND WHERE4@ YES AT EIGHT
FORTY EIGHT TONIGHT BILLY RAY
IRAQ WAS PUT TO DEATH FOR
THE BRUTAL AND MURDER OF
POLLY DYER FOR THIRTY TWO4@
YEARS HE SAT ON DEATH ROW
TONIGHT A GRO4@UP4@ OF WITNESSS
INCLUDING SEVEN MEDIA MEMBERS4@
WITNESSED HIS EXECUTION I
WANT TO GIVE YOUR AND DOWN OF
WHAT THEY RECOUNTED AT SEVEN
FORTY TODAYS WITNESSES4@ WERE
TAKEN INTO A WITNESS CHAMB4@ER
AT EIGHT TWENTY SIX
THE CURTAINS WERE4@ OPEN TO
SHOW IRAQ ON A GURNEY AT
EIGHT TWENTY EIGHT INJECTIONS
WERE ADMINISTERED AND
THE WITNESSES4@ NOTICE IRAQ WAS
SNORING AT THAT TIME AT EIGHT
THIRTY FOUR HE WAS TAKING
DEEP BREATHS AND PUFFING THEN
AT EIGHT THIRTY SIX THEY
RECOUNT I RETURNING AT
PURPLISH COLOR AT EIGHT
THIRTY SEVEN NO LONGER
SNORING AND IT EIGHT FORTY
SIX THE BLINDS WERE CLOSED AT
EIGHT FORTY EIGHT BILLY4@ RAY
CYRUS WAS PRONOUNCED GET DEAD
NOW AMONG4@ THE MEDIA MEMBERS4@
TO BE THERE TO WITNESS
THE EXECUTION WAS OUR OWN
JOHN NORTH JOINS US4@ NOW TO
TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU
EXPERIENCE JOHNNY AN AND SAW
FIRSTHAND4@ ANYTHING THAT
ALARMED YOU AS THEY WERE4@
ADMINISTERING DID THE DRUGS
WHEN I WAS CURIOUS4@ ABOUT
ROBIN WAS HOW HE WAS GOING TO
REACT ONCE THE DRUGS WERE
ADMINISTERED BECAUSE HAS BEEN
A LOT OF CONTROVERSY4@
ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE SEDATIVE
THEIR STILL LITIGATION IS
PENDING IS DEAD. BUT THIS TO
THEIR STILL LITIGATION IS PENDING IS DEAD. BUT THIS TO4@
LITIGATION PENDING ABOUT
WEATHER4@ WHEN THAT FOR SAID IS
ADMINISTERED TO HIM4@ IS HE
STILL EXPERIENCING PAIN4@ THAT
THING THAT STRUCK ME WAS
THE HEAVY CONSTANT BREATHING
AND THE WAS ONE POINT WORRY4@
SORT OF JERKING VOLUNTARILY
FORWARD A LITTLE BIT I
4@ THOUGHT AND THIS'LL BE
INTERESTING TO SEE HE DOES
BEGIN YOU'LL NEED IT ONCE
THE WHOLE PROCESS4@ PROBABLY
HONESTLY LASTED ABOUT NINE
MINUTES I WOULD4@ GUESS REALLY
BRIGHT4@4@ HE HAD NO FAMILY THE
TO TO BE WITH HIM LEADING UP
TO4@ THE X ACACIA EXECUTION BUT
HIS ATTORNEY WAS THERE ANY
TALK TOUR I DID ENERGY CHILES
HAS WORKED ON HIS BEHALF4@ FOR
ROUGHLY EIGHT OR NINE YEARS
IS A CHATTANOOGA LAWYER4@ HE
SAID 4@HE ACTUALLY TOLD ME FELT
REALLY CONFIDENT THE AGO
THE FOR HIS CLIENTS WAY UNTIL
ABOUT TWO THIRTY OR THREE ITS
ABOUT THE TIME THAT
THE SUPREME COURT PUT OUT
THE WORD THAT THEY WERE4@ NOT
GOING IN UT KIND OF A STAY IN
THE BEGAN TO ACCEPT THE FACT
THAT THIS WAS REALLY GOING TO
HAPPEN AND THERE WAS NOTHING
MORE THAT HE COULD DO THIS4@
CLAIMS GOING TO DIE TODAY
WHAT WAS RISK LIGHTS DEMEANOR
THREE TODAY THAT HE SAID I
HAVE SOME ABOUT THEN HE SAID
THAT MR. MYRICK WAS TAKING IT
WITH GRACE AND HANDLING IT
WELL AND MR. CHILD SAID
ACTUALLY HE'S PROBABLY TAKEN
A LOT BETTER THAN I4@ WOULD4@
JOHN NORTH THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR RECOUNTING WHICH I KNOW
HAD TO BE SURREAL EXPERIENCE
BUT4@ SOMETHING THAT THE MEDIA
IS CALLED TO DO WITH
THE CIRCUMSTANCES NOW. JOHN
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AMONG
THOSE WHO WERE AT RIVERBEND
NOT ONLY THE FAMILY MEMBERS
OF THE VICTIM WHO WITNESS BUT
ALSO PROTESTERS NOT ONLY IN
KNOXVILLE BUT HERE IN
NATIONALLY WITH THAT ONE TO
BRING IN MY COLLEAGUE LESLIE
ACKERSON YOU WERE ABLE TO
TALK TO SOME FOLKS WHO WERE
DEFINITELY A GETS WHAT PLAYED
OUT AT RIVERBEND TODAY4@
THAT'S RIGHT NOMINEE DID
HAVE A SPACE FOR PROTESTERS4@
AGAINST IN FOR IT COME AND
SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS WE DID
LEARN THAT ABOUT FIFTY EIGHT4@
PEOPLE PROTESTED AGAINST WHAT
WAS HAPPENING TODAY IN
THE EIGHT PEOPLE IN SUPPORT
OF IRAN'S EXECUTION NOW
THE GATES OPEN FOR THE PEOPLE
WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN AND
I GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO
THE FIRST GUY WHO GOT ON
THE PROPERTY HE WAS WEARING A
HAT4@ HE SAYS HE WAS A
FRANCISCAN CATHOLIC4@ PRIESTS
AND DOUBLE WAS HAVING TODAY
WAS UNFAIR MOST OF THE PEOPLE
END PRISON IN JAILS ARE4@
MENTALLY ILL FRANKLY4@ MOST OF
AND THE SECOND COMMON
DENOMINATOR4@4@ IS SET THEIR P@
THATS WHO GOES TO PRISON AND
ASHES ONE THOUGHT THAT ONE
PERSON HAD AND WE KNOW THAT A
PERSON INSIDE TODAY WATCHING
HIS EXECUTION THOUGHT
THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE KEEP
ALLAH TYLER'S MOM COUNTY
JEFFERS4@ HE WAS LIVES WITH
THIS FOR THIRTY YEARS DID NOT
GET TO SEE HER DAUGHTER GROW
AND MAKE NEW MEMORIES WITH
HER AND4@ THAT SOMETHING THAT
KEEPING REITERATED HIS AT DO
NOT FORGET WHY TODAY HAPPEN
WHY IRAQ HAS BEEN ON DEATH
ROW WHY HE WAS EXECUTED4@ TODAY
HE TOOK THE LIFE HE RAPED AND
MURDERED A SEVEN4@ YEAR OLD
FROM DID NOT TO GET4@ TO LIVE
OUT HER LIFE AND HER MOTHER
SAYS THAT HE WILL PROBABLY
NEVER BE TAKEN AWAY BUT SHE
WAS HOPING FOR4@ SOME CLOSURE
TODAY THIS OFFERING DONT SAYS
THE I'M SEEKING HEARING ABOUT4@
HIS PLANE IN HIS SUFFERING
THIS ONE DOCTOR4@ SAYS IS SO
CALLED PANIC4@ ATTACKS OF
BUSINESS INJECTION SHE WAS
SEVEN4@ YEARS AGO STARTED
HIGHEST IN STRANGLED THE I'M
SORRY OUTCUENOT BEEN FOR HIS
PANIC ATTACKS ARE HIS4@ BANG
NOTHING4@4@ AT ALL. GOD FROM
DREAM THE DOWN KATHY WAS KIND
OF TO SIT DOWN WHENEVER
REPORTERS EARLIER THIS
WEEKEND AND SHARE THOSE
THOUGHTS WEEKEND YOU TO SPEAK
TO HER THIS EVENING
THE FAMILY WAS TAKEN OFF
THE BLACK VAN AS SOON AS THEY
WERE LET OUT FROM
THE EXECUTION BUT THAT'S
DEFINITELY 4@WHAT SHE WANTED
PEOPLE TO KNOW ITS JUST TO
FOCUS ON HER DAUGHTER WHO4@ IS
NO LONGER LIFE THIRTY YEARS A
HOME APOLOGY TODAY EXACTLY
ITS ITS THE DECK EACH DECK IT
THREE DECADES IN THE MAKING
LESLIE THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN
YES THREE DECADES THAT BILLY
A WERE AT BILLY RAY IRAQ SAT
ON DEATH ROW SO4@ MANY OF YOU
ASKING WHY IT TOOK4@ SO LONG TO
NEWS REPORTER COLE SULLIVAN
T4@HE KNOX COUNTY DA THAT4@ EXT
QUESTION. PROSECUTORS KNOW
THE DEATH PENALTY DOESN'T
COME FAST EASILY CALLS IS
THE CASE TO DRAG OUT4@ FOR A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME IT TOOK
MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS FOR
BILLY4@ IRAQ TO ENTER
THE EXECUTION CHAMBER4@. IT
CAUSES ACTUAL PUNISHMENT4@ TO
GO ON FOR SO LONG SOME OF
THAT IS BY DESIGN SEEKING
THE DEATH PENALTY MEANS
SPECIAL PROTOCOL HE IS4@ THEN
ENTITLED TO A LONG APPELLATE
PROCESS LIKE KEEP SANE IN
THIS CASE IT'S TAKEN THIRTY
THREE YEARS TO GET THROUGH
THAT APPELLATE PROCESS. ONE
OF THE REASONS IT TOOK SO
LONG COURT SAID TO4@ RULE
WHETHER THE EXECUTION DRUGS
WILL CAUSE TOO MUCH PAIN I
SOMEWHAT IRONIC THAT WE TOP
TALK4@ ABOUT AND TAKE SO MUCH
TOM AND FOR IN DETERMINING
WHAT'S THE MOST HUMANE WAY4@ TO
KILL A MURDERER BUT KNOXVILLE
D4@EFENSE ATTORNEY STEVEN4@
JOHNSON SAYS THAT PROTECTION
IS IMPORTANT IF WE DON'T
PROTECT THE RIGHTS IN
THE LIBERTIES IN THE RESPECT
FOR HUMANITY4@ OF4@ THE PEOPLE
WHO IT'S EASIEST TO DIMINISH
THOSE4@ RIGHTS DIMINISHED THAT
COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WERE
CONVICTED OF CRIMES OF
THE HORRIFIC CRIMES THAT
COMES YOU SHOULD DO THAT FOR
ALL4@ US HE SAYS THOROUGH
APPEALS ARE NECESSARY
ALTHOUGH COURT INTERVENTION
IS RARE4@ YESTERDAY YEARS A LOT
OF UNIT ARE PERSON TYPICALLY
CASES BUT A LOT OF THAT IS
PRO FORMA. NOW THAT THE COURT
HAS RULED THE DRUGS ARE OK IN
IRAQ'S CASE MORE PRISONERS
COULD BE HEADED TO
THE EXECUTION4@ CHAMBER. I HOPE
THAT THIS IS THE FIRST OF
MANY THAT WE GET DONE JUST4@ TO
PROVIDE CLOSURE FOR4@
THE VICTIMS COOL SULLIVAN
WBIR4@ TEN NEWS NOW SAY4@S SINE
THE DEATH PENALTY SO IT TAKES
SO LONG THEY OFTENTIMES SEEK
L4@IFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE
SHE SAYS THAT CAN GIVE
THE FAMILY SOME SENSE OF4@
CLOSURE AT LEAST NOW THERE
ARE INMATES WHO HAVE ACTUALLY
BEEN ON4@ DEATH ROW LONGER THAN
BILLY RAY I READ SOME OF YOU
OF ASK WHY IRAQ WAS EXECUTED
FIRST FORMER TENNESSEE
SUPREME COURT JUDGE GARY WADE
SAYS DIFFERENT APPEALS TAKE
DIFFERENT AMOUNTS OF TIME4@
INMATES ARE NOT EXECUTED IN
ORDER OF CONVICTION HEAT ONE
HAS A DIFFERENT TIMELINE AND
THERE IS NO LINING UP AND
THE FIRST AND FIRST OUT
PROCESS AND4@ THE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SYSTEM VERY WEIGH
SAYS A4@ SINGLE APPEAL CAN
SOMETIME TAKES TAKE THREE
YEARS SO IT'S A CONSIDERABLE
AMOUNT OF TIME OF COURSE NOT
EVERYONE APPROVED OF
THE EXECUTION OF BILLY RAY4@
IRATE TONIGHT PEOPLE GATHERED
IN WEST KNOXVILLE TO PROTEST
4@ THE EXECUTION4@ TENNESSEANS R
ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH
PENALTY VOICED THEIR CONCERNS
IT TOOK PLACE AT4@ THE CHURCH
OF THE SAVIOR. ORGANIZERS SAY
THEY ARE OPPOSING THE DEATH
PENALTY BUT THEY ARE
REMEMBERING THE VICTIMS
THE TRAGEDY ON ON MULTIPLE
FRONTS UM WE DONT WANNA LOSE
THE SENSE4@ THAT MULTIPLE
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY
THIS FOR MANY MANY4@ YEARS MANY
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE
EFFECTED VICE NOT THE WAS
THE GROUP SAYS EXECUTIONS
EFFECT MORE THAN A SINGLE
4@ PERSON AND EVERYONE INVOLVED
FACE IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL
BURDEN4@ THAT CANNOT BE AVOIDED
NOW A SEPARATE GROUP CALLED
CONSERVATIVES CONCERNED4@
CONSERVATIVES CONCERNED4@ SHARED THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT
THE DEATH PENALTY WITH PEOPLE
IN MORRISTOWN GROUP MANAGER
HANNAH COX BIGGEST CONCERN IS4@
THE POSSIBILITY AN INNOCENT
PERSON COULD BE EXECUTED
THE FIRST THING THAT CAUGHT
MY ATTENTION REMINISCENCE
ISSUES WITHIN THE PENALTY
SYSTEM WE'VE HAD HUNDRED
SIXTY TWO PEOPLE EXONERATED
I'M OF MIGHT SOUND LIKE A
SMALL NUMBER PEOPLE IS
ACTUALLY ONE PERSON RELEASED
FOR INNOCENCE ISSUES FOR IT4@
EXECUTIONS WE'VE HAD IN THIS
4@ COUNTRY IN SHE IN SHE AS
ANOTHER CONCERN IS THE COST
OF CARING OUT4@ THE DEATH
PENALTY BUT THAT DID PLAY OUT
TONIGHT HERE IN NASHUA4@ RIVER
BAND BILLY RAY IRAQ WAS PUT
TO DEATH BY LETHAL INJECTION
AT EIGHT FORTY A TONIGHT FOR4@
THE THE MURDER OF POLLY DYER
SEVEN YEARS OLD THIS HAPPE4@NED
BACK IN NINETEEN4@ EIGHTY FIVE
INTO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN HIS
PUT TO DEATH JOHN WILSON
EFFECTING ROBBEN WILL WAITING
OUR COVERAGE TONIGHT FROM
NASHVILLE AND YOU CAN FIND
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