I Shall Not Die
Seventy-two Hours on Death Watch
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At the end of the room in the center stood a red wall about ten feet wide with a glass window that was at least eight feet long and wide. Through it, I saw something covered by a white sheet. I have seen
I was not prepared for what happened next! As we got closer to the chair, the officers guided me around the wall and right in front of the white sheet. With a quick move, he reached over, grabbing the sheet, and with one swift motion, pulled the sheet away. There it was… The Electric Chair; the instrument of death, the infamous Georgia Electric Chair. A dark, rich brown wood that looked to be very expensive, highly polished, and powerful! No amount of struggling would make that chair move one inch in any direction, as it sapped the very life out of the person who sat down in it, as the arms of death wrapped around them. (One thought screamed in my mind; it was as if I could hear the chair saying to me: No one has ever sat down on me and then left the same way they came in, ALIVE!!! Look at the leather straps that will fasten across your chest, your arms, your legs. I will hold you until every ounce of life is drained out of your body.)
I could see the cables leading from the chair and disappearing into the wall; the other end reached the top of the chair, snaking down to the bottom, connecting to the calf connection. A strong antiseptic smell lingered. They said to me, “
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The powerful memoirs of Billy Neal Moore detailing his being on deathwatch with only seventy-two hours to live, makes this a breathtaking saga of one man’s journey deep behind the veil of execution protocol. This dramatic and compelling human account of how the same man embodied the worst and best mankind has to offer; is a testament to the redemptive power of God touching the human soul as the grace of forgiveness is granted to one man, giving him his live back again so that he can help others to experience the same forgiveness. This book is timely and a needed social commentary on the nature of crime. The criminal justice system and capital punishment yet it is a testament to the glory and power of God’s love today as it spreads through each one of us, regardless of our imperfections and our past mistakes. It is proof that each human being is capable of being redeemed.
About the Author
Billy Neal Moore story is of a confessed, and convicted murderer who was sentenced to die in
They were so moved by his sincere sorrow, that they had compassion on him; forgiving him and continue to correspond with him for sixteen years. Being extremely grateful for their forgiveness, he not only turned his own life around, but he became determined to help transform the lives of everyone he touch with his salvaged soul.
Billy was forgiven for his heinous act by the members of the victim’s family. After sixteen and a half years on death-row, teaching and preaching love and forgiveness which he received to his fellow inmates and to hundreds of folks around the country. His own life was spared seven hours prior to the execution.
At the impassion pleas of the victim’s family and the unexpected intervention of Mother Theresa, Billy’s death sentence was commuted by the Georgia Board of Pardons and parole to life.