Rep. Vernetta Alston reads Clint Smith's poem, The First and Only Time I Stood in an Execution Chamber from different country different death penalty Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 1 min 45 sec
✓ Published: 12-Nov-2020

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Rep Vernetta Alston reads Clint Smith's poem, The First and Only Time I Stood in an Execution ChambernnThe first and only time I stood in an execution chambernall I heard was stillness and the softnsymphony of breath. We were a congregationnof lowered heads and sunken shoulders tryingnto understand what gave this country the rightnto kill someone in our name. The table was longnand blue, its leather upholstery coveringna thin layer of foam padding. There were sevenndiscolored brown and blue stra