Prisoner's Final Death Row Interview Before Execution | Our Life
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Susanna Reid travels to Texas, home of the most active death chamber in the United States, to meet the notorious Death Row inmate Billie Wayne Coble in the countdown to his scheduled execution. In 1989, Billie pled guilty to triple murder and has been languishing on Death Row ever since. Now 70 years old, Billie is fighting for a last-minute stay of execution ... if it fails, he is set to become the oldest man put to death in Texas for over 100 years. Susanna is granted Billie's final television interview in the eight-day run up to his death date. In this intense meeting, Susanna revisits the night of the crime in an attempt to find out why Billie Wayne committed these senseless murders. Delving into his family life, Susanna builds a picture of what kind of man Billie was back in 1989, and what kind of man he is now. Death is inevitable but what is it like knowing when, where and how you are going to die?
This film was first broadcast: 20 Jun 2019
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28 years on death row is ridiculous. He lived to be 70. There's something really wrong with our justice system.
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It's not right that he spends 22 hours in a cell? I guess he shouldn't have slaughtered 3 innocent people. I don't feel sorry for this animal.
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So much emphasis is placed on the murderer. His childhood, his friends, his family, his military service, his feelings. But we barely get a glimpse of the victims lives.đą
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the reporter sit there mourning the near death of a killer of 3 people that doesn't even want to say sorry... complete none sense
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For him to be alive for almost 30 years is a crime in itself
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This is why you donât wait 30 years to execute these murderers. Everyone thinks this guyâs just a harmless old man. Waiting decades to carry out the sentence is cruel and unusual punishment for all those involved.
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To keep feeding him with taxpayers' money for 29 years itself is a crime.
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Narcissists canât answer the question âDo you feel sorry for what you did?â They donât have the capacity for remorse. They only care about themselves. Even when they âloveâ someone, itâs for their own desire not the other person. Once theyâre done with you, youâre discarded and they move on to the next victim.
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The other big crime here besides the 3 murders, is he was allowed to appeal for 28 years while both the victims and his own family suffered. He got 28 more years of life than his victims did
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She clearly doesn't accept he's a sociopath. Stop asking him if he's sorry. he's not sorry. he'll never be sorry.
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I feel bad for both families. One lost their parent and grandparents while the other lost their father over a horrible decision.
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3 people murdered in one family. 3 people murdered. That is important to me, justice is important to me. An eye for an eye, tooth for tooth and a life for a life. If Billie Wayne Coble had not taken those lives, he would not be subjecting his son and family through this awful pain and tragedy. That one man changed so many lives and not for the better. He, Billy Wayne Coble put his family and those hating to see him put to death through this trauma. His actions changed the lives of many, many people.
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For decades his family was able to visit him in prison, they were able to laugh and talk to him and in the end they were able to say goodbye. His victims family was not afforded that luxury. You take a life then you pay for it with your own.
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He clearly had NO REMORSE whatsoever. đą Literally every single answer that he gives is sarcastic.
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This is the real problem with our court system in America, this murderer should have not been allowed to live 29 yrs, to face justice. Sad. Prayers for the victims.
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The man cannot say Iâm sorry after 22 years sitting there thinking about it. Thatâs amazing and thatâs a sociopath. Maybe God will have sympathy for his narcissism.
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My precious teenage daughter was murdered August 9th, 2015. I promise I'm not a bad person, but I now believe in an eye for an eye for these monsters.
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No matter how hard she tried to convince us, I feel zero empathy for that cold blooded killer. I feel bad for his family and friends and those of the victims. Trying to use his military service as an excuse in this case is disgusting. My father was a Vietman vet whose camp was bombed. He pulled his Sargeant out from under a cot and his head was gone. My dad was the kindest man I've ever met. He was haunted, but never raised a hand or voice to his children or his wife.
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Some are suggesting that the reporter is mourning death row inmates, that's completely untrue. The reporter is showing empathy in exchange for information so that the reasons he did what he did doesn't go to the grave with him. I think the reporter is brilliant in how she continues to push for answers
