A FLORIDA PRIEST WHO HAS BEEN VERY
OUTSPOKEN AGAINST THE DEATH
PENALTY IS NOW HAVING SOME IMPACT ON THE TRIAL INVOLVING
HIS ALLEGED MURDERER.
THIS IS AN INSANE STORY.
APPARENTLY WHEN HE
WAS ALIVE, HE AND HIS
CONGREGANTS WOULD GET TOGETHER AND THEY WOULDPETITION TO AND
THE DEATH PENALTY.
HE HAD SIGNED SOME SORT OF PAPERWORK
INDICATING THAT IF HE EVER GOT
MURDERED HE DID NOT WANT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO MURDERED HIM TO
BE SENTENCED TO DEATH.
HERE IS WHAT IT SAID EXACTLY.
IT IS AN
INCREDIBLY STRONG STATEMENT TO
MAKE.
HE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH A LOT OF TROUBLED INDIVIDUALS.
HE
SPENT A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO REALLY REHABILITATE THOSE.
UNFORTUNATELY A MAN BY THE NAME OF STEPHEN MURRAY ENDED UP
MURDERING HIM.
HE MURDERED HIM 21 YEARS AFTER HE SIGNS OF THIS
DECLARATION OF LIFE.
THIS ALL HAPPENS WHEN THE FATHER WENT
MISSING ONE DAY.
HIS CAR WAS ALSO MISSING.
THEN AUTHORITIES
FOUND STEPHEN MURRAY DRIVING THE
VEHICLE, THEY PULLED HIM OVER.
AT ONE POINT HE HAD CONFESSED,
AND LATER ON SAID HE WAS NOT GUILTY.
WE WILL SEE HOW IT ALL
TURNS OUT BUT IT IS AN INCREDIBLE STORY.
>>I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS.
I THINK FATHER REN…
ROBERT IS ONE OF THE
GREATEST GUYS I HAVE EVER HEARD ABOUT.
HE IS SUCH A BETTER
PERSON THAN I AM.
EVEN THOUGH I AM VERY AGNOSTIC, SOME RELIGIOUS
PEOPLE ARE THE BEST PEOPLE ON
EARTH.
MY HERO AS A REFERENCE, REV.
MARTIN LUTHER KING.
WHEN I
SEE PEOPLE FIGHTING FOR THE ONES THAT NEED THE MOST HELP I CAN'T
HELP BUT ENVY THEIR MORAL
CLARITY AND HOW STRONG THEY ARE IN BEING ABLE TO HELP OTHERS.
HE
NOT ONLY HELPED PEOPLE WITH DRUG ADDICTIONS AND CRIMINAL
HISTORIES, HE WOULD JUST LEND THEM HIS CAR.
I SEE THOSE EYES,
GONE.
I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH HIM.
I AM NOT INTERESTED
IN REHABILITATING A GUY WHO'S
EYES LOOK LIKE THAT.
I AM THE BAD GUY.
NO MURRAY SAYS, AND HE
IS RIGHT, I HAVE MENTAL PROBLEMS.
I DON'T WANT TO TAKE
THAT RISK THAT SOMEONE WITH MENTAL PROBLEMS IS GOING TO SIT
NEXT TO ME.
ISN'T IT AMAZING THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS
WORLD THAT ARE WILLING TO TAKE
THAT RISK SO THEY CAN HELP PEOPLE NO ONE ELSE WILL HELP.
>> I THINK WHAT IS BOTH ADMIRABLE AND UNFORTUNATELY WHAT
LED TO THE DEATH OF THIS PRIEST IS THE FACT THAT HE IS ABLE TO
SEE THE GOOD IN EVERYONE.
HE IS ABLE TO SEE THE POSITIVE
POTENTIAL IN EVERY HUMAN.
THAT
IS SOMETHING I WISH I HAD THE ABILITY TO DO.
I HAVE THESE
MOMENTS WHERE I HAVE NO FAITH IN
HUMANITY.
THIS WAS A MAN WHO TRULY BELIEVED IN THE GOOD IN
PEOPLE AND BELIEVED YOU COULD
REHABILITATE ANYONE.
BUT AGAIN THAT DID LEAD TO HIM GETTING
MURDERED AND IT BREAKS MY HEART TO KNOW THAT.
BUT I THINK HE
REALIZED THAT WAS A RISK HE WAS TAKING.
>> EXACTLY.
I THINK HE UNDERSTOOD THAT RISK AND TOOK IT
ANYWAY WHICH MAKES HIM AN EVEN
GREATER PERSON.
THE FINAL VICTORY FOR FATHER ROBERT WAS
HIS OWN SISTER SAID THAT SHE WAS
FOR THE DEATH PENALTY NO MATTER
WHAT FATHER ROBERT HAD SAID.
BUT IN HIS DEATH, WHEN SHE READ HIS
1995 DOCUMENT, SHE SAID HE IS RIGHT.
WE WERE BROUGHT UP TO
LOVE AND NOT TO HATE.
AND SHE SAID I AM REALLY ANGRY, BUT I
HAVE TO DON'T LET THAT AFFECT MY
HEART, AND I AM GOING TO RESPECT MY BROTHERS WISHES AND I NOW
SWITCH MY POSITION AND AM AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY.
I DON'T THINK MURRAY SHOULD BE PUT TO DEATH.
THAT IS THE BEST OF AMERICA.
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