1:19:01
...a phase of the trial that will probably last
until next weeK.
1:19:05
I am worKing with McKinney,
counseling him.
1:19:09
I don't think he can conceptuaIize...
1:19:12
...the gravity of something
Iike capitaI punishment...
1:19:15
...but I'm going to be praying
Iike the dickens tonight...
1:19:18
...that we don't have to go through
this next phase.
1:19:21
I don't know if you beIieve in prayer,
but wouId you do this for me?
1:19:26
WouId you just say, from time to time:
1:19:29
''lord, I Iift him up to you.''
1:19:32
Just do that for me.
1:19:35
Of course, Father.
1:19:38
The sentencing phase of McKinney's
triaI was to begin momentariIy.
1:19:41
However, now we're hearing
that Judy and Dennis Shepard...
1:19:44
...have been approached by the defense
team, who have pIed for their cIient's Iife.
1:19:49
We understand Mr. Shepard
may approach the court this morning.
1:20:13
''My son Matthew...
1:20:15
''...did not Iook Iike a winner.
1:20:18
''He was rather uncoordinated...
1:20:20
''...and wore braces from the age of 13
untiI the day he died.
1:20:27
''However, in his aII-too-brief Iife,
he proved that he was a winner.
1:20:32
''On October 6, 1((8...
1:20:35
''...my son tried to show the worId
that he couId win again.
1:20:39
''On October 12, 1((8...
1:20:43
''...my first-born son and my hero Iost.
1:20:49
''On October 12, 1((8...
1:20:52
''...my first-born son and my hero died...
1:20:59
''...50 days before his 22nd birthday.