Deer Lodge hotel, mont blanc. (ap)-in the United States of Canadian row in a tearful families to Montana parole board on Wednesday to give him leniency, said he has changed, is worth living. Two black foot Indian by death also mood Cousins relatives Ronald A Smith thinks, "the black sheep of the earth" criminal law should be put to death.
Who wants to be on both sides of the border of black foot Indian tribe members pit was sentenced to death, to stand against the Canadian government requirements Montana governor Brian wei shi's curator, finally made a decision to Smith's life.
Smith, alberta province, red deer, is considered to be the death row in the national only two one of Canada.
He asked the members of the board of directors ShiWei ze commuter his advice to death, life imprisonment shall not be the possibility of parole. Smith's attorney, said the board should transcend the Harvey crazy, 23, and Thomas running rabbit, 20 terrible 1982 killed, and think, Smith is now a different people.
Prosecutors and counter, there is good reason, original punishment has been through repeatedly called for standing in the victim: Smith of planning the planned double murder of California during extended to a frenzy of international crime.
Board chairman Michael mackey said, the decision will depend on whether the members of the board of directors reached the conclusion: Smith's rehabilitation and regret is for real.
Relatives of victims said the killing of scars forever their family, often because it continues to cause anxiety. Running the son of rabbit, killing a few months before birth, said that when he was old, asked his father is who, he showed the tombstone.
"In the young, I realized what kind of people in this world, we have to deal with what kind of hatred, and injustice, and said:" Thomas William operation rabbit four. "How to and the child?"
An aunt, card mill Wells said, Smith is a "animal" and "not worth, breathing the same air."
Smith was sentenced to just seven months later, he is the United States maria mountain pass into the woods nearby two young men with 22 caliber rifle shooting, both in their head, in drug and alcohol fuel plot.
Smith is 24, when he wants to know is what appearance kill said. Last Wednesday, he said, he made this statement, only mandatory time, depression, he asked sentenced to death.
Smith detested plea deal, and his life, has been sparing no effort. His his co-defendants have been granted parole, and in Canada live, and Smith in Montana state prison in the highest part of the security, where he got his cell outside hour a day.
Smith turned to more than ten or so that he's the relatives of the victims and apologize.
"I think in a way I can put it back. I can't. I can do is go on with my life, is a better person," Smith said. "I just tremendous sorry, I can do is apologize. I do not ask forgiveness. I don't understand of ask."
He said he understood the victims' families want to see him perform.
"They have rights, feel like it, I don't blame them at least," he said.
Advocates and family members described as a thoughtful people in prison provide calm feeling, a people still very engaged in letters and phone calls, and his sister, daughter, grandson, niece and nephew Smith.
Rita Duncan, his younger sister, requirements on parole, let him live in the day of the prison, where he education himself and proved to be a useful prisoner.
"If this is your son, your brothers, your father, your grandpa, uncle, who is in this predicament, not, you want to prove his grace and mercy, and of what he had done in his power, change a man he is today?" Duncan said.
Prosecutors think, Smith's crime is planned, says he saw off in Canada rifle and across the border into the criminal intent to use in accordance with the provisions.
Since then, Mr. Smith is clear enough to push countries, stop, to use the same rifle from victims looting and convenience stores in California before the car was stolen plate.
Prosecutors also think, Mr. Smith is the leader of the crime, and points out that he not long ago, he managed to escape the test Montana prison guard uniform.
"Today, he may be called the international terrorism. He used the weapon to kill two americans less than 24 hours after to enter the country illegally, a word county attorney general Tom before ESH said."
Smith's request, just a week after sternly refused parole board quickly from another high-profile prisoners, Donald Nichols request. The aging "mountain" is under 85 years in prison, kidnap a world-class athlete, in the 1980 s, and her own son wife intention.
Smith's supporters say, in Nichols, show that their behavior of contrition prisoner not worth wide plate sends a strong message. Helena lawyer RON wortmann says, the board of directors shall give leniency Smith for the same reason-other prisoners showed that good behavior matters.
"When you do that, if you do this, you will be sent to those in prison, news of their actions to improve their situation-good behavior can lead to good results," wortmann says, who is also in a separate case in the state's chief lawyer challenge lethal injections of the agreement.
Wei's strategy was to tell family members of the victims, they and their hope to see the development of the death penalty to make any decision, he will feel. He also said that he does not despise any decides to implement a person.
Smith has long been considered the only in Canada facing the United States to carry out, but recently the link appeared in Canada with another case.
Court records show that Robert bolton on death row killed in Missouri, a bank security, with Canada nationality, Canada news reports. Bolton was born in Canada up Newfoundland woman and his young moved to the United States.
First don't believe in the death penalty, the Canadian government refused to support the Smith said, he was in a democratic country be condemned. Now, it officially supported Smith's leniency, and in foreign land according to be sentenced to death for Canada wide long-term policy.
Smith's support, including from the Canadian government support wide letter read records.




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