He had to know the appeals had gone to the US Supreme court and been rejected, and that the Governor was fighting to execute him and he wasn’t getting that last minute phone call.
I cannot begin to fathom what he did, and who knows if he’s truly sorry, or just sorry he’s about to be executed.
But it’s right to apologize and try to give that victim whatever small comfort it can do for her. Its pretty obvious that saying something cruel or indifferent would be wrong.
And a quick glance across the old west shows that almost all the bad guys faced the noose with a fair amount of class. It was considered important to not be seen a coward, and to face the music. More than a few gave lectures about sin, or for others to learn from them. At the very least they were expected to “die game”.
Apologizing might not have meant much, but it was probably the least bad thing he could have done at that moment.
If you read his statement he tells the then 11 yo daughter who was also his victim, there was a reason those things happened and he hopes she learns who he really is. A vile creepy non apology for the rape murder of her mom and he tried to kill her as well.
Well said, thanks.
It's hardly a valid apology, since he was still trying to claim he is not a monster, and then revoltingly claiming to love the girl he intended to beat to death. Thank God he failed and she lived to bravely face him in court. Only sorry the taxpayer had to put up with his lying criminal @ss for so long.