Larry White #640; May 22, 1997

I would like to apologize for all of the hurt, pain and disappointment I caused to my family and all my friends. I hope all the veterans and teenagers out there who have a drug problem will get help. I hope the lord will forgive me of all of my sins. I thank Jack and Kathy for being with me. I hope that those who support the Death Row inmates will continue to work and maybe we can get this resolved and do away with the Death Penalty. I hope this is a lot better place where I am going.

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Bruce Callins #717; May 21, 1997

I want to let all of my people know and everybody who is here and supported me that I love them and wish them all the best.

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When the Supreme Court denied to hear an appeal in Callins' case, Justice Harry A. Blackmun filed his now famous dissent, in which he declared that "the death penalty experiment has failed." See here for a NYT article on the dissent, and for the full text please see this link.

Clarence Lackey #591; May 20, 1997

I would like to thank my Lord Jesus Christ for keeping me strong all these years. I would also like to thank my mother for standing by me all these years. I would also like to thank my pen pals, Joe and Camille Tilling and JoAnn for helping me stay strong all these years. I also thank my two lawyers, Rita and Brent, for fighting to keep me alive. I love you, Mom -

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Richard Drinkard #846; April 19, 1997

No sir

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Clifton E. Belyeu #841; May 16, 1997

[The following was distributed as a typed, signed statement]

First of all I want to thank the LORD, my family and my wife Nora for all the support and encouragement they’ve shown me through all this. I love you!! Now I want to thank all of you that came here today to be with me. I know most of you are here to see me suffer and die but you’re in for a big disappointment because today is a day of joy. Today is the day I’ll be set free from all this pain and suffering. Today I’m going home to HEAVEN to live for all eternity with my HEAVENLY FATHER JESUS CHRIST, and as I lay here taking my last breath, I’ll be praying for all of you because you’re here today with anger and hatred in your hearts letting Satan deceive you into believing that what you’re doing is right and just. GOD help you, because what you’re doing here today and what’s in your hearts here today makes you no better than any man or woman on death-rows across this country. Today you’re committing murder too!!! I pray on my own behalf for forgiveness for any and all of the pain I’ve caused you, I pray that some day you’ll realize your own mistakes and ask GOD to forgive you as I have, because there is no peace without GOD’s forgiveness.

Amen.

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Anthony Westley #797; May 13, 1997

I want you to know that I did not kill anyone. I love you all.

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Terry Washington #884; May 6, 1997

Washington declined to make a final statement

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We've had trouble locating contemporaneous reporting about Washington's execution, but his and other death row inmates' mental retardation became a campaign issue in the 2000 election and beyond. Please see this Atlantic Magazine article that makes reference to Washington's case