and -- >> by not only denying but calling you a liar basically. >> right. and was like -- i just could see where that poor 12-year-old girl could have thought that i did or this happened. and i was like -- there's no thought, it did. >> the clemency appeal was denied. and so on august 9, 1996, leslie and brooks douglass drove from oklahoma city to mccallister prison to witness stephen hatch's death. >> all of the filings at the supreme court have been denied. and we have a green light to proceed with the execution shortly after midnight. >> a brother and sister among the first family members ever to witness the execution of a murderer. that they could do so at all was because of additional victims rights legislation brooks helped pass that year. >> the night of the execution and they give them an option of making a last statement, he didn't even say anything. >> he knew you were there.