Page 4 - Darrell Holtom News Today

Supreme court, supposed to be executed on the eighth of june. i dont see clemency from the governor or anybody else in my future. >> i got within six days of execution date. in november of 2004. >> when it comes my time, hey, im going to lay down and just deal it with, you know? >> while most of the men on death row hope for clemency, there is one inmate who admits his guilt and expects to be executed. >> i was convicted of four counts of first-degree murder, my children. and the sentence is dea...

>> john johnson has been on death row for 20 years. >> i was arrested in 1984, convicted of murder of my wife in 1985. when i first went to death row, i was somewhat shocked. you cant really know in a prison cell until you get there. and you get to the point where you dont really think about it. every day when we get up, a lot of us, we work on our cases. its like getting in a car every day out there. every day we get up and get in that car and we hope we dont get run over. were all going to die...

>> in the past 45 years, tennessee has only executed one person. but that statistic doesnt give false hope to those living on death row. >> according to the tennessee supreme court, supposed to be executed on the eighth of june. i dont see clemency from the governor or anybody else in my future. >> i got within six days of execution date. in november of 2004. >> when it comes my time, hey, im going to lay down and just deal it with, you know? >> while most of the men on death row hope for clemen...

>> in the past 45 years, tennessee has only executed one person. but that statistic doesnt give false hope to those living on death row. >> according to the tennessee supreme court, supposed to be executed on the eighth of june. i dont see clemency from the governor or anybody else in my future. >> i got within six days of execution date. in november of 2004. >> when it comes my time, hey, im going to lay down and just deal it with, you know? >> while most of the men on death row hope for clemen...

Darrell holtom, like the other level cs, gets no visitation and is locked down 23 hours a day. >> we were the first state to have any such operation such as this level system with our death row inmates, and we have received both national and international attention with this. its quite different than what you see in most operations. >> i was convicted of murder in the first degree. sentenced to death. i was on death row 8 1/2 years. it was almost like being in a closet. with no way out. the only...

Young boys and his ex-wifes 4-year-old daughter, killing them all. >> i miss them. but, no, i cant say that i feel any remorse. >> darrell has never tried to fight his death sentence. >> can you mitigate the death of four children? with a straight face? the fact that my children are dead, that im the one that killed them. im not going to sell out. im not going to change my views on the death penalty just because im facing the death penalty. i do think that death penalty is appropriate in some ca...

Statement for about an hour. >> in 1997, darrell holtom confessed to shooting his three young boys and his ex-wifes 4-year-old daughter, killing them all. >> i miss them. but, no, i cant say that i feel any remorse. >> darrell has never tried to fight his death sentence. >> can you mitigate the death of four children? with a straight face? the fact that my children are dead, that im the one that killed them. im not going to sell out. im not going to change my views on the death penalty just beca...

Death row for 20 years. >> i was arrested in 1984, convicted of murder of my wife in 1985. when i first went to death row, i was somewhat shocked. you cant really know in a prison cell until you get there. and you get to the point where you dont really think about it. every day when we get up, a lot of us, we work on our cases. its like getting in a car every day out there. every day we get up and get in that car and we hope we dont get run over. were all going to die sometime. so thousands of p...

Own volition and made a statement for about an hour. >> in 1997, darrell holtom confessed to shooting his three young boys and his ex-wifes 4-year-old daughter, killing them all. >> i miss them. but, no, i cant say that i feel any remorse. >> darrell has never tried to fight his death sentence. >> can you mitigate the death of four children? with a straight face? the fact that my children are dead, that im the one that killed them. im not going to sell out. im not going to change my views on the...

Time. but to fill this time, riverbend has integrated a unique incentive program for the inmates. those on levels a and b are given more privileges, more rec time, jobs in the unit, educational programs, and increased visitation. darrell holtom, like the other level cs, gets no visitation and is locked down 23 hours a day. >> we were the first state to have any such operation such as this level system with our death row inmates, and we have received both national and international attention with...