31.   For condemned men, the Rattlers are taking their sentence with smiles and good humor.

32.   He cited recent macabre accidents elsewhere, including those involving flames and blood erupting from the head of the condemned man.

33.   He has gained fame while on death row by trying to become the first condemned man in Texas to donate organs to strangers.

34.   He would sit knee to knee with condemned men at Angola.

35.   Her friend, a lawyer, said that because the condemned men had killed, they had to be executed by state officials.

36.   In the underground cell the priest sought to console the condemned men, leading them in prayers and hymns.

37.   In two electrocutions, flames shot from the body of the condemned men when the switches were thrown.

38.   In the film, directed by Tim Robbins, Penn plays a condemned man who develops a bond with a nun, played by Susan Sarandon.

39.   John Packard is deeply and vividly affecting as the condemned man.

40.   Like the condemned man whose last appeal has failed, I take responsibility for my acts.