>>> OVERNIGHT, AN ALABAMA MAN WAS EXECUTED AFTER THE SUPREME
COURT REFUSED A LAST MINUTE STAY
TO REVIEW THE CASE.
43-YEAR-OLD NATHANIEL WOODS WAS
CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO DEATH
FOR HIS ROLE IN THE 2004
SHOOTING DEATHS OF THREE POLICE
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. A SECOND MAN INVOLVED IN THE
NOTING ALSO ON DEATH ROW
CONFESSED TO BEING THE LONE
SHOOTER.
SHOOTER. FAMILY MEMBERS AND CRIMINAL
JUSTICE ACTIVISTS RALLIED ON
WOODS’ BEHALF, BUT ALABAMA’S
GOVERNOR DENIED A REQUEST FOR
CLEMENCY.
CLEMENCY. JOINING ME NOW, CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM WARRIOR, ALICE MARIE
JOHNSON.
JOHNSON. SHE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN
PRISON FOR A NONVIOLENT DRUG
TRAFFICKING IN 1996 BEFORE
HAVING HER SENTENCE COMMUTED BY
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
PRESIDENT TRUMP. SHE’S ALSO THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW
BOOK "AFTER LIFE."
I’M PROUD TO SAY MY DEAR FRIEND.
ALICE, SINCE YOUR RELEASE, YOU
HAVE MADE THIS YOUR MISSION TO
FIGHT FOR OTHERS AND THEIR
CASES.
CASES. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT NATHANIEL
WOODS?
WOODS? >> IT BREAKS MY HEART.
WHEN I HEARD THE NEWS THAT HE
HAD BEEN EXECUTED, I PRAYED FOR
THE FAMILY, FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO
HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR HIM
BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS -- YOU
CAN’T -- THIS IS SO FINAL.
FOR ME I WAS SENTENCED TO A LIFE
PLUS 25 YEARS SENTENCE.
AND MY FAMILY WAS TOLD THAT THE
ONLY WAY I’D RETURN TO THEM WAS
WHEN I PASSED AWAY.
SO THIS IS FINAL.
I’M SO HURT OVER IT.
>> THE ALABAMA GOVERNOR SAID
UNDER ALABAMA LAW, SOMEONE WHO
HELPS KILL A POLICE OFFICER IS
JUST AS GUILTY AS THE PERSON WHO
DIRECTLY COMMITS THE CRIME.
WHAT’S YOUR REACTION?
>> HE WASN’T THE SHOOTER.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I’M
REALLY FIGHTING FOR IS ACCEPT
TENSING REFORM -- SENTENCING
REFORMS.
REFORMS. THIS HAS TO CHANGE.
THE SHOOTER IS STILL ALIVE AND
IS PART OF THE WHOLE CONSPIRACY
THING.
THING. SO I’M HOPING THAT THIS WILL
SHED EVEN MORE OF A BROADER
LIGHT ON THE NATHANIELS AND I’M
FIGHTING SO THERE ARE NOT OTHER
NATHANIELS IN THE FUTURE.
>> YOU HAVE A VERY GOOD
RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESIDENT
TRUMP.
TRUMP. DID YOU ASK HIM FOR HELP WITH
NATHANIEL?
NATHANIEL? >> I WENT THERE FOR A SPECIFIC
PURPOSE, WITH THE WOMEN WHO WERE
RELEASED ON CLEMENCY.
>> LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT.
YOU HAD THREE WOMEN WITH YOU.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> THOSE WOMEN SERVED WITH YOU.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> YOU HAVE SPENT THE LAST YEAR
AND A HALF FIGHTING FOR THEM TO
BE RELEASE AND NOW THEY ARE.
TELL ME ABOUT IT.
>> THAT WAS A CULMINATION OF A
DREAM, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WOMEN
WHO I’M FIGHTING FOR AND MEN.
THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME BEING
REUNITED EXCEPT WE DID TIME
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. THEY WERE FAMILY TO ME.
AND TO HUG THEM AND TO BE THERE,
TO SEE THAT THIS WAS NOT IN
VAIN.
VAIN. STEPHANIE, IT WAS JUST A DREAM
COME TRUE.
COME TRUE. >> SO HOLD ON.
THE LAST TIME YOU AND THESE
THREE WOMEN WERE TOGETHER YOU
WERE IN PRISON.
>> I WAS IN PRISON.
>> THE FOUR OF YOU WERE TOGETHER
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
HOW DID THAT FEEL?
>> YES.
>> YES. I FELT JOY SEEING THE JOY IN
THEIR FACES.
THEIR FACES. IT FELT -- WELL, I MET WITH THEM
THE NIGHT BEFORE AS THEY CAME IN
TO THE CITY.
BUT TO BE THERE IN THE WHITE
HOUSE IT WAS SURREAL BECAUSE
THEY HAD SEEN PICTURES OF ME AT
THE WHITE HOUSE AND NOW WE WERE
THERE TOGETHER.
THERE TOGETHER. CELEBRATING THEM BECAUSE SO MUCH
HAD BEEN TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER
PARDONS AND CLEMENCIES.
DON’T FORGET, THESE ARE
MOTHERING BE REUNITED WITH THEIR
CHILDREN.
CHILDREN. >> WELL, THEY’RE NOT FORGOTTEN