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To go against some of his owned advisers and granted me clemency, and thats what we need in a president. a president who will look at a situation and make a decision that he believes is not only right for an individual, but right for this country. abby: alice, are you a changed woman? youve spent over 20 years in prison. talk to us about the woman that you were before all this happened and who you are now. >> the woman before, the woman who i was before, i look -- i allowed myself to get caught ...

We mentioned at the top of the hour that a woman on death row first to be executed in 70 years. shes been denied clemency. whats also making news the fact that we have learned that a letter essentially from the pope begging this georgia parole board to grant her cle mmency a justice and mercy. to rosa flores, who has been covering the pope for us as hes just returned home to rome from the united states. im just wondering. im sure its too early to get reaction from the vatican, but how rare is it...

Rehabilitation of those convicted of crimes. pope francis went on to say that, yes, people are punished for certain crimes, but you have to give people hope. there has to be a rehabilitation part of that process. heres the back story. this this this woman was convicted of murder in 1997 for killing her husband inclusion with her lover. her advocates saying she has changed. shes rehabilitated her life. shes been an example for other women in prison and calling for her life to be saved. now pope f...

Death penalty. i think the interesti ining thi as you say, is that pope francis was just in the united states and was widely hailed by political authorities up and down the country. this is the first test as to whether those people cheering the popes presence are going to be willing to act on his concrete agenda. >> martin, im looking at my clock, three hours, thats how long -- three hours ago is when they started meeting this morning. whats the word as far as potential clemency is concerned? >>...

Lot about what hope means. and we look to the a friend of her who wrote about hope as living to the promises of god, the promises of restoration and reconciliation. those are ultimate promises that we believe are meant to be made real here on earth. and we knew we didnt have certainties either way. we were just living in the moment. and hoping for life and for clemency. >> i want to ask you about her children who i know were at the prison yesterday as well. i think they are an important part of ...

Most importantly, we know there was a letter from pope francis himself essentially imploring this parole board to consider clemency for her. that was denied. when you hear from the family of the man who she had kill ed, thy would argue he never was granted e clemency before his life was taken years ago. the execute set for 7:00 eastern tonight. news in from the war on isis. new report by congressional task force finding the u.s. is losing the recruiting battle to stop americans from traveling ...

Straight from him. but despite that call, the news we have at this hour is that that request of clemency was denied. it was signed by archbishop of atlanta asking the georgia board of pardon and parole for clemency. now let me read this. he said i am convinced that this way is the best way. this is him speaking about the end of the death penalty. since every life is sacred, every human person is endowed with dignity and society can only benefit from the

Parents of douglas gisen daner request that this execution go forward. you need to remember that there was no clemency granted to him when his murder was carried out at the request and apparently the order of kelly. its no longer family speaking. its the attorneys. the attorneys are going to argue the co-conspirator in the case shs the guy that did the murder, he got life with the opportunity for parole. how is this that this woman then does not get that. instead she got the death penalty. she w...

Gissendaners life. shes set to die at 7:00 eastern time this evening. she will be the first woman in 70 years to be executed in the state of georgia. shes the mother of two. shes been on death row for just about two decades. had to take you back here to 1997. thats when a jury found her guilty in the murder of her husband. she convinced her boyfriend at the time to actually commit the murder. he is in prison for life. lets go life to martin savidge with the news here. obviously the news being we...