[ABC] DEATH ROW LEISURE: LETTER FROM DEATH ROW

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[2-6] DEATH ROW LEISURE: LETTER FROM DEATH ROW

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS)(OC): We turn now to [1]a firestorm brewing this evening, [2]sparked by a provocative letter from a convicted murderer.  [3]A death row inmate, who calls himself [4]a gentleman of leisure, [5]bragging about his comfortable lifestyle on death row in [6]a state that hasn't executed a prisoner in six years.  Here's ABC's Pierre Thomas tonight.

PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)(VO): Danny Hembree Jr. sits on North Carolina's death row for the murder of 17-year-old Heather Chatterton two years ago.  He's found a way to add to the suffering of her family, saying in [7]a taunting letter to a local newspaper, "[8]life on death row is a life of easy living."

PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)(VO): He writes, "Is the public aware that I'm a gentleman of leisure, watching color TV, reading, [9]taking naps at will?  [10]I spit in the face of your so-called justice system."  And he says [11]the chances he will ever be executed are very slim.  There may be some truth to that.  North Carolina hasn't executed anyone for sixty years.  Like several states, it has [12]put an informal hold on executions because of questions about whether [13]lethal injection causes pain and whether [14]the death penalty is imposed more on people of color.

PIERRE THOMAS (ABC NEWS)(OC): The father of the teenager Hembree killed [15]called prosecutors in tears, saying [16]the letter was tearing his family apart.  David, for him, this has nothing to do with the national debate over the death penalty, it's just personal.

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS)(OC): And a huge debate on this at ABCNews.com.  Pierre Thomas, tonight, thank you.

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[1] 증폭되고 있는 논란

[2] 한 살인범이 보낸 도발적인 편지로 인해 촉발된

[3] 한 사형수

[4] 한량

[5] 사형수이면서도 편안하게 살고 있는 것을 자랑 삼아 떠벌리다

[6] 6년 동안 사형 집행을 한 적이 없는 州

[7] 한 지역 신문에 보낸 비아냥조의 편지

[8] “사형수의 삶이 상팔자다”

[9] “자고 싶을 때 맘대로 낮잠을 자고

[10] “사법 제도니 뭐니 하는 것, 엿이나 먹어라”

[11] 그의 사형이 집행될 가능성은 아주 낮다

[12] 비공식적으로는 사형 집행을 정지한 상태이다

[13] 독극물 주입에 의한 사형

[14] 유색 인종이 사형 선고를 받는 경우가 더 많다

[15] 검찰에 울면서 전화를 했다

[16] 그 편지로 인해 자신의 가족이 엉망이 되고 있다