Devastated mum's plea after her son took his own life
A devastated mum has said she does not want her son’s death to have been ’in vain’ after he took his own life.
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A devastated mum has said she does not want her son’s death to have been ’in vain’ after he took his own life.
>> reporter: lee's defense attorney also thinks about deborah reece's family and all they have been through but -- >> i don't think someone wants the wrong people killed in your name. >> reporter: thaiss not justice? >> that's not justice at all and it is a shame that they were told that it would be. >> reporter: martin savidge, cnn, little rock, arkansas. it was once the epicenter of the coronavirus crisis here in the u.s. but tonight 15,000 fans will watch playoff basketball from inside madison square guard jn th en. plus actress sharon stone next hour and how she was misled on the set of ...
La deli stepped into the death chamber of the unit in arkansas. he was strapped to a gurney. he said -- nothing. his final words heard earlier in an interview with the bbc. >> but my dying words will always be as it has been, i am an innocent man. >> reporter: lee spent 22 years on arkansas's death row never changing the story. >> to maintain innocence for over 20 years, that's something that i'm not familiar with. >> reporter: never confessed to you? >> not once. n even hinted at it. >> reporter: now new dna testing raised serious questions about the case. what do you think? >> i think if tho...
That. why couldn't the dna be done? >> the courts determined that there was no reason to hear that evidence. and that he was making a proper petition. >> reporter: i asked judge wright if he had second thoughts after hearing the dna test results. >> a worst fear is missing that piece of evidence that goes the other way. but in this case based on what was in front of me i feel like i made the right decision. i don't necessarily like the decision. but it was the legally correct decision to make. >> reporter: is that justice for deborah reece? >> the wrong person was not put to death. la dell mur...