So, we have already booked a room for tonight at my Jacksonville residence. Our flight from JFK gets into Jacksonville late tonight. “Report to the death house tomorrow morning. The downstairs level of Q Wing at FSP - the cells, execution witness room, and execution chamber - is called the death house. When do you need me to report to the death house?” He has asked for you as his deathwatch spiritual advisor and his execution witness. “One of your spiritual advisees has had his death warrant signed by the Governor. “Brother Dale,” the Warden begins, “we hope you had a good trip, but it’s time to get back to work. “He is in a meeting but asked me to put you through when you called back.”Īfter a few more clicks and chirps, both the Warden and prison chaplain are on the line. “Yes, Brother Dale,” his assistant recognizes my voice without any self-introduction. The Warden of Florida State Prison, Florida’s execution prison, is trying to reach me. We settle into a nine-hour discussion of all we have experienced during three weeks in Rome.Īs our plane lands and taxis the crisscrossing concrete of JFK, my cellphone, suddenly erupts in ringing, in tones and in buzzing.Ī quick glance at my phone display after the jet is resting in its JFK gate causes my heart to stick in my throat. On June 12, 2019, my wife Susan and I board our plane in Rome, Italy to take us home to the USA.
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