Bishop Spearman News Today

The light ♪ >> when you trust god, no matter how bad it looks, its not as bad as it seems because god is still in control. >> bishop spearman was pastor to edward lee elmore, the man accused of murdering dorothy edwards. >> i come to know edward in the late 70s. i pastored his home church. and his mother and i were best of friends. they didnt have a whole lot. >> one of 11 siblings, elmores father was killed by a hit-and-run driver when elmore was 2. he grew up in dire poverty. >> he had a low...

She was determined to make sure that i did my job. >> the state was represented by donald zelenka who reportedly once argued that women who had abortions in the third trimester could be executed for murder. and elmores fate would be decided by judge ernest kinard. one of the first witnesses called was james gilliam, the inmate who said elmore confessed to him in jail. in the small town of greenwood, both elmore and gilliam knew bishop spearman. and before the hearing, gilliam told spearman the t...