TO EXPLAIN WHY HE >>> ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING FOR AN

>>> ACTIVISTS ARE CALLING FOR AN 11th HOUR INTERVENTION BY

11th HOUR INTERVENTION BY ALABAMA GOVERNOR TO HALT THE

ALABAMA GOVERNOR TO HALT THE EXECUTION OF A BLACK PRISONER

EXECUTION OF A BLACK PRISONER SET FOR THIS EVENING.

SET FOR THIS EVENING. NATHANIEL WOODS WAS SENTENCED TO

NATHANIEL WOODS WAS SENTENCED TO BE EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION,

BE EXECUTED BY LETHAL INJECTION, CONVICTED OF MULTIPLE COUNTS OF

CONVICTED OF MULTIPLE COUNTS OF CAPITAL MURDER AND ATTEMPTED

CAPITAL MURDER AND ATTEMPTED MURDER FOR THE 2004 KILLINGS OF

MURDER FOR THE 2004 KILLINGS OF THREE POLICE OFFICERS IN WHICH

THREE POLICE OFFICERS IN WHICH AUTHORITIES SAY A CO-DEFENDANT

AUTHORITIES SAY A CO-DEFENDANT WAS THE GUNMAN.

WAS THE GUNMAN. PROSECUTORS ARGUED THAT WOODS

PROSECUTORS ARGUED THAT WOODS CONSPIRED IN THE KILLINGS WHICH

CONSPIRED IN THE KILLINGS WHICH OCCURRED WHEN OFFICERS TRIED TO

OCCURRED WHEN OFFICERS TRIED TO SERVE A MISDEMEANOR DOMESTIC

SERVE A MISDEMEANOR DOMESTIC ASSAULT WARRANT ON HIM.

ASSAULT WARRANT ON HIM. WOODS’ FAMILY MEMBERS AND

WOODS’ FAMILY MEMBERS AND SUPPORTERS ARGUED THE

SUPPORTERS ARGUED THE CO-DEFENDANT SAID HE WAS THE

CO-DEFENDANT SAID HE WAS THE SOLE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE

SOLE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOOTINGS AND CLAIMED THERE ARE

SHOOTINGS AND CLAIMED THERE ARE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE

OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FAIRNESS OF WOODS’ TRIAL,

FAIRNESS OF WOODS’ TRIAL, ARGUING THAT WOODS HAD

ARGUING THAT WOODS HAD INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL AND THE

INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL AND THE TRIAL ITSELF HAD MULTIPLE

TRIAL ITSELF HAD MULTIPLE ERRORS.

ERRORS. THE NONPROFIT DEATH PENALTY

THE NONPROFIT DEATH PENALTY ORGANIZATION CENTER SAYS HIS

ORGANIZATION CENTER SAYS HIS RACIALLY CHARGED CONVICTIONS AND

RACIALLY CHARGED CONVICTIONS AND DEATH SENTENCE ARE TAINTED WITH

DEATH SENTENCE ARE TAINTED WITH CLAIMS OF POLICE CORRUPTION,

CLAIMS OF POLICE CORRUPTION, INTIMIDATION, WITNESSES, AND

INTIMIDATION, WITNESSES, AND INADEQUATE REPRESENTATION.

INADEQUATE REPRESENTATION. IN ALABAMA, BEING ACCOMPLICE TO

IN ALABAMA, BEING ACCOMPLICE TO A MURDER CAN ALSO RESULT IN A

A MURDER CAN ALSO RESULT IN A DEATH SENTENCE, REMAINS THE ONLY

DEATH SENTENCE, REMAINS THE ONLY STATE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE A

STATE IN THE COUNTRY WHERE A JURY DOES NOT HAVE TO

JURY DOES NOT HAVE TO UNANIMOUSLY IMPOSE THE DEATH

UNANIMOUSLY IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY.

PENALTY. A FEDERAL JUDGE MONDAY DISMISSED

A FEDERAL JUDGE MONDAY DISMISSED A REQUEST FOR STAY OF EXECUTION,

A REQUEST FOR STAY OF EXECUTION, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TURNED

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT TURNED DOWN WOODS’ APPEAL LAST YEAR.

DOWN WOODS’ APPEAL LAST YEAR. "MORNING JOE" REACHED OUT TO THE

"MORNING JOE" REACHED OUT TO THE ALABAMA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE FOR

ALABAMA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE FOR COMMENT AND HAS YET TO HEAR

COMMENT AND HAS YET TO HEAR BACK.

BACK. OUR NEXT GUEST HAS CALLED UPON

OUR NEXT GUEST HAS CALLED UPON ALABAMA’S GOVERNOR TO HALT THE

ALABAMA’S GOVERNOR TO HALT THE EXECUTION OF NATHANIEL WOODS SET

EXECUTION OF NATHANIEL WOODS SET FOR TODAY.

FOR TODAY. JOINING US NOW, CIVIL RIGHTS

JOINING US NOW, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MARTIN LUTHER KING III.

LEADER MARTIN LUTHER KING III. >> MARTIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR

>> MARTIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.

BEING WITH US. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.

WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS A CASE WHERE FAMILY

THIS IS A CASE WHERE FAMILY MEMBERS, LAWYERS, SUPPORTERS,

MEMBERS, LAWYERS, SUPPORTERS, OUTSIDE GROUPS, CIVIL RIGHTS

OUTSIDE GROUPS, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ALL SAY THIS MAN WAS NOT

LEADERS ALL SAY THIS MAN WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE MURDER AND

INVOLVED IN THE MURDER AND THERE’S EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST

THERE’S EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT, YET TONIGHT AT 6:00 P.M.

THAT, YET TONIGHT AT 6:00 P.M. IF THINGS DON’T CHANGE, HE IS

IF THINGS DON’T CHANGE, HE IS GOING TO GET EXECUTED.

GOING TO GET EXECUTED. TELL US WHY YOU GOT INVOLVED IN

TELL US WHY YOU GOT INVOLVED IN THIS CASE.

THIS CASE. >> SO THANK YOU FOR THE

>> SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

OPPORTUNITY. I GOT INVOLVED WHEN I FOUND OUT

I GOT INVOLVED WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE GROSS -- I DON’T WANT

ABOUT THE GROSS -- I DON’T WANT TO SAY NEGLIGENCE, BUT HOW THE

TO SAY NEGLIGENCE, BUT HOW THE SYSTEM, THE LEGAL SYSTEM SEEMS

SYSTEM, THE LEGAL SYSTEM SEEMS NOT TO BE WORKING.

NOT TO BE WORKING. CERTAINLY MR. WOODS HAD AN

CERTAINLY MR. WOODS HAD AN INCOMPETENT LAWYER ON CAPITAL

INCOMPETENT LAWYER ON CAPITAL CASE, NOT INCOMPETENT GENERALLY,

CASE, NOT INCOMPETENT GENERALLY, PERHAPS ON CAPITAL CASES BECAUSE

PERHAPS ON CAPITAL CASES BECAUSE IT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME IF

IT IS VERY CLEAR TO ME IF THERE’S ANY INKLING OF DOUBT

THERE’S ANY INKLING OF DOUBT SOMEONE INNOCENT MAY BE KILLED,

SOMEONE INNOCENT MAY BE KILLED, THEN IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SHOULD

THEN IT SEEMS TO ME THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

NOT HAPPEN. AND BECAUSE AS YOU’VE STATED THE

AND BECAUSE AS YOU’VE STATED THE GENTLEMAN WHO DID THE ACTUAL

GENTLEMAN WHO DID THE ACTUAL MURDERS CAME FORWARD AND HAS

MURDERS CAME FORWARD AND HAS STATED THAT THERE WAS NO

STATED THAT THERE WAS NO INVOLVEMENT, THAT THEY WERE NOT

INVOLVEMENT, THAT THEY WERE NOT OPERATING TOGETHER, IT WOULD

OPERATING TOGETHER, IT WOULD JUST SEEM THE GOVERNOR WOULD

JUST SEEM THE GOVERNOR WOULD PROVIDE A STAY.

PROVIDE A STAY. THAT SEEMS TO FALL ON DEAF EARS.

THAT SEEMS TO FALL ON DEAF EARS. WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO MANY IN

WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO MANY IN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY

THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY IS ONCE AGAIN THIS IS LIKE A

IS ONCE AGAIN THIS IS LIKE A LYNCHING, INNOCENT PERSON IS

LYNCHING, INNOCENT PERSON IS SLATED TO DIE THIS EVENING.

SLATED TO DIE THIS EVENING. THAT SHOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE.

THAT SHOULD BE UNACCEPTABLE. THE LEGAL SYSTEM HAS GOT TO BE

THE LEGAL SYSTEM HAS GOT TO BE BETTER OR JUSTICE CERTAINLY HAS

BETTER OR JUSTICE CERTAINLY HAS TO BE SERVED IN SOME RESPONSIBLE

TO BE SERVED IN SOME RESPONSIBLE FASHION, IT SEEMS TO ME.

FASHION, IT SEEMS TO ME. >> MARTIN, GOOD TO SEE YOU

>> MARTIN, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

AGAIN. MY QUESTION IS HOW DO PEOPLE GET

MY QUESTION IS HOW DO PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN THIS FIGHT, AND NOT

INVOLVED IN THIS FIGHT, AND NOT JUST IN THIS CASE BUT IN THE

JUST IN THIS CASE BUT IN THE BROADER FIGHT TO STOP, TO END

BROADER FIGHT TO STOP, TO END THE DEATH PENALTY?

THE DEATH PENALTY? >> SO I THINK THAT AMNESTY

>> SO I THINK THAT AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL IS ONE OF THE

INTERNATIONAL IS ONE OF THE GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT I’VE

GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT I’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN AND EVERYONE IS

BEEN INVOLVED IN AND EVERYONE IS NOT AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY

NOT AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY OBVIOUSLY, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE

OBVIOUSLY, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE TO CREATE A CONSCIOUSNESS IN

TO CREATE A CONSCIOUSNESS IN THIS COUNTRY.

THIS COUNTRY. I’M AGAINST IT.

I’M AGAINST IT. I’M A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE.

I’M A VICTIM OF VIOLENCE. MY FATHER WAS GUNNED DOWN BY AN

MY FATHER WAS GUNNED DOWN BY AN ASSASSIN.

ASSASSIN. MY GRANDMOTHER WAS GUNNED DOWN,

MY GRANDMOTHER WAS GUNNED DOWN, MY FATHER BY A WHITE MAN, MY

MY FATHER BY A WHITE MAN, MY GRANDFATHER BY A BLACK MAN.

GRANDFATHER BY A BLACK MAN. I THINK IT IS AN ARCHAIC FORM OF

I THINK IT IS AN ARCHAIC FORM OF PUNISHMENT.

PUNISHMENT. I THINK WE’RE BETTER IN THE WAY

I THINK WE’RE BETTER IN THE WAY WE OPERATE.

WE OPERATE. IT IS MOSTLY CONSCIOUSNESS

IT IS MOSTLY CONSCIOUSNESS ULTIMATELY, YOU THINK ABOUT

ULTIMATELY, YOU THINK ABOUT DEVELOPING NATIONS, WE ARE ONE

DEVELOPING NATIONS, WE ARE ONE OF THE NATIONS THAT CONTINUES TO

OF THE NATIONS THAT CONTINUES TO BELIEVE IF YOU DO SOMETHING,

BELIEVE IF YOU DO SOMETHING, WE’RE GOING TO COME AND GET YOU.

WE’RE GOING TO COME AND GET YOU. THIS IS WHAT FEELS GOOD

THIS IS WHAT FEELS GOOD MOMENTARILY.

MOMENTARILY. BUT I JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE WE

BUT I JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MOBILIZE

HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MOBILIZE PEOPLE IN THE NATION AND WORLD

PEOPLE IN THE NATION AND WORLD SO THAT ULTIMATELY ELECTED

SO THAT ULTIMATELY ELECTED OFFICIALS WILL COME AROUND TO

OFFICIALS WILL COME AROUND TO THIS POGT.SITION.

THIS POGT.SITION. IT WILL TAKE TIME, WE SHOULDN’T

IT WILL TAKE TIME, WE SHOULDN’T GIVE UP.

GIVE UP. >> NATHANIEL WOODS, 44, HE IS

>> NATHANIEL WOODS, 44, HE IS SET TO DIE AT 6:00 P.M. TONIGHT.

SET TO DIE AT 6:00 P.M. TONIGHT. THE MAN WHO ACTUALLY COMMITTED

THE MAN WHO ACTUALLY COMMITTED THE MURDER SAID HE HAD NOTHING

THE MURDER SAID HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CRIME, AS HAVE

TO DO WITH THE CRIME, AS HAVE CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, LAWYERS,

CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, LAWYERS, OUTSIDE GROUPS, AND YET HE IS

OUTSIDE GROUPS, AND YET HE IS STILL SET TO DIE AT 6:00 P.M.

STILL SET TO DIE AT 6:00 P.M. UNLESS THE GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA

UNLESS THE GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE

DOES SOMETHING ABOUT IT BEFORE THEN.

THEN. MARTIN LUTHER KING III, THANK

MARTIN LUTHER KING III, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.

YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. >> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. >> WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU

>> WE GREATLY APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THIS TO OUR AUDIENCE’S