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It is Wednesday, March 4th, and at 6.24 p.m. last night. A man was declared dead, 35 years after he was convicted of killing a police officer.

And after 35 years, the family of that officer heard something from him they had not heard in the past 35 years. I'm sorry.

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. Robs, words matter. This came late. This came

at the last possible moment. But we don't see this often in final words of death row inmates,

and it seems to have had an impact.

This one brought tears to my eyes to hear the suffering of a widow for more than three decades

and to be fighting for justice in her husband's honor to finally find peace through those words. I'm sorry. It's remarkable and it's a lesson for

everybody. I was so moved hearing this exchange and seeing the result of it. Yes, a lot of people

have differing opinions on the death penalty and on executions. And this is beyond that, because this is

about not only apologizing, but about forgiveness. And you know, Lou, this is also about,

quite frankly, Robes, just more death. I understand what does justice look like for this family,

for anybody else? I don't know.

Well, Robs, it's tough to have a moment where there's celebration or a celebration of justice, even,

or even seeing a penalty actually gone through with by the state of Florida here.

But Robs, you just sink once again to wear, and we'll get into her exact words, but this suggestion that anybody is celebrating when we went through the ceremony

is what it feels like sometimes of formally executing somebody. It was, this is never a night

or a moment worth celebrating, it feels.

Yeah, I had a thought.

Yes, I agree with that, certainly.

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