Larry Fitzgerald, the subject of this interview, died of natural causes on June 12, 2017.

I don't get how one person can kill three people and get life and often even less and another person can kill one person and be given the death sentence

This guy has balls for meeting with the guys family

Despite my disagreement with capital punishment, I know that I might feel differently if a member of my family had been murdered

Today, Napoleon Beazley wouldn’t have been executed, following Roper vs Simmons, which established that nobody can be legally executed for crimes committed before the age of 18.

17 that man looked 40

He was only on death row for six years before his execution?! He looks just like his father!

Bad decisions can bring so much grief to the loved ones on both sides . I feel for his parents .

RIP Larry Fitzgerald

good pase and perfect tone - uncontrived. not sensationalisd by dramatic music, nor over-edited. no unnecessary narration. doc makers take note.

Mothers feelings never fade away....dont ever hurt your MOM!!

Why is a 21 minute special divided into three pieces?

The Napoleon audio really hit home. Seemed like he really had learnt his lesson

I can try and feel for these inmates. However the victims didn't deserve to be executed in the way they did.

Witnessing that many people die, can seriously put a mental strain on your life. Imagine going to work to witness people die day in and day out, stuff like that can serious fuck with your head. I got mad respect for this man.

This is coming from a 17 year old: All of these older people saying "he was only 17, we all make mistakes at that age" and "he was 17, he didn't know what he was doing" really piss me off. They must not remember being a 17 year old very well, if I went out and killed another human being while carjacking that said person, it doesn't matter if I'm 17, I know damn well what I'm doing and deserve to suffer the consequences. Don't defend me by saying "he was only 17" there is a damn reason why you're considered a legal adult by the age of 18. It's because by the time you get to be that age, you usually have a decent understanding of the world you are in. And a 17 year old is only 12 months away from being 18, so why would 1 year make a difference? You still, at the age of 17, understand very well what the action of killing another human being entails, you destroy that person's family, you destroy your own family because now you're a murderer, you destroy what that person might have accomplished in their life, and you took away the rest of that persons time left on Earth. Sure, we make mistakes, but that does not mean we don't understand or think about the consequences of doing something before we do it, especially something as serious as taking another human beings life, it just means that we have a tendency to misjudge an action or make the wrong decision based on lack of experience, not that we don't damn well know that that said action is wrong. Do not defend a 17 year old solely because they are 17 years old, you either don't remember being 17, or are dishonest with yourself and others.

I wonder how this man feels about where we go when we die.. as someone who's witnessed so much death.

I don't have a strong stance for or against the penalty. I just don't understand how someone who rapes, tortures and kills children should get the same punishment as someone who kills in the heat of passion, for example. Some crimes are so heinous, death is the only fitting punishment IN MY OPINION.

Hardly a mention of the man he put two bulllets in his head. In his own garage. What about his family? You shoot a person in the head at 17,your old enough to die too.

It's heart wrenching listening to, and seeing, Napolian's parents...

When you’ve got the face of executions disagreeing with the death penalty, you know it’s wrong.

“cant blame my mum for me being here on death row” and the fact the guy was so truthful in the way he admits u grow relationships with the prisoners

6:30 Lets go to the victims family and see how they feel knowing their father was shot in the head for no reason.

LOL. "Hell when I was 17 I made some mistakes" Yeah, like, wagged some classes at school maybe or got into a school yard fight. Breaking into someones house with a gun, shooting them twice in the head and stealing their car isn't a 'mistake'.

I have a serious problem giving someone a second chance when the person they killed will never have one.

The kid pretty much executed the guy with two shots to the head at point blank. That's not an accident. The kid got what he deserved. Why did they show the kids crying family? What about the murdered guy's family? Why do they try to make us feel sorry for the killer?

I'll bet he doesn't get invited to a lot of parties.

Nothing about the poor innocent man that was murdered. What about his family? Him or his family won't get a second chance. Do this type of crime, you have to be prepared to pay for it. May God have mercy on both their souls.

Veterans say it all the time..... "I didn't want to get to know fellow Soldiers, because it hurt so much more, when they didn't come back."

Why are you guys excusing murder because he was a teenager? I’m a teenager too but it’s COMMON SENSE not to go up to someone and shoot and kill them. Like? Why excuse that behavior? Do I think he deserved death? Probably not, maybe 20-30 years. But not death. Don’t be stupid and excuse murder though, it’s never ok. Every human knows murder is wrong.

The mother broke my heart

The problem with giving these people a “second chance” is that they’ve already taken away someone’s only chance.

At age 17 I was terrified to even walk on my neighbors grass.... no excuses

Sorry, but some time you just don't get a second chance; Shooting someone in the head (he also shot at the wife and missed) is one of them. Talking about Napoleon.

Killing someone for something they did as a minor is evil. Their brain is not even capable of making the best decisions. Even an extremely intelligent, responsible, and well meaning teenager will make poor decisions.

When you kill a killer, the amount of killers on this Earth stays the same...

"Murder is reprehensible! Taking a life cannot be forgiven. Therefore, we are taking your life!" ... riiiiiight. Seems reasonable.

Anyone stopped to think how many more people he [ Napolean] might have killed if he had not been caught and convicted ? 97 % of violent crime is committed by someone who has previously committed a violent crime. It is rarely a one time thing. How would you feel about his execution if he had murdered someone in your family ? The victim got no second chance .

How was napoleon executed but there is mass murders serving only life sentences in prison. The justice system is confusing.

How any man could witness so much death, destruction, the effects upon the families etc etc, he must suffer horrendous nightmares and visions. He seems like a good man. I hope God walks with him.

I remember following napoleon's case from start to finish. I couldn't understand why he would commit such a brutal act. The kid had everything going for him. But what I admired about him was he owned up to it. He just wanted to live out his life. But in the end he paid the ultimate price for his actions.

I feel the kid deserved a second chance. He seemed genuinely remorseful. There is no way I could have done this guy's job. 219 executions. That's mind blowing.

Fascinating. Thank you.

This man has no emotion, after all he has gone trough. I can understand.

Man. Imagine it's your execution day and you don't have anybody there for you to witness it. No family, freinds,... Bc you killed them all, harsh lol.

Murder is still murder who ever does it. Just lock these people up.

I don't think ANYONE who knowingly murders someone, should have a second chance.

John Coffey just like the drink only not spelt the same boss

With everything we now know about human brain development it is unsettling to say the least, that this 17 year old was executed. A man's prefrontal cortex which is responsible for rational decision making based on long-term consequences isn't fully developed until age 25. Teenage boys use their amygdala more, which is the emotional center of the brain. Yes he should have been incarcerated for what he did. To execute him and deny him an opportunity to psychologically develop and be evaluated as the years went on is irrational and misinformed.

You can be considered "rehabilitated" when the victim climbs out of his grave. I hope it hurt the whole time Beasley was dying.

This is a good man, with an amazing 💓....thank you for your service MR. Fitzgearld for your compassion and service! I can only imagine what you had to go through. Respect Mr. Fitsgearld! You deserve it.

I couldn’t imagine being on death row I’d be crying my eyes out and be so scared

Ohhhhh my GOD napoleon looks 3 times his age woww perfect proof on what stress does .

A lot of people commenting from the perspective of dreamers, and absent of rationale. A life or several are taken by these people. Not in self defense, this is murder, killing for baseless causality. They do not deserve a fate based on delusions of grandeur they deserve to have their life extinguished. An absence of life. Of goals, wants, needs fulfillment. They lose that privilege when they commit the crime and are deemed so. Because the person or persons they murdered are no longer going to have those options either, along with the families who suffer. And because of that murderer they make their family suffer in the same light. This is justice and revenge. And both are better than letting someone who killed your loved one walk away with a life to lead of their own.

There was a lot of conversation in favor of Napoleon Beasley. How many times was Napoleon’s name mentioned? Multiple times. But how many times was the name of Napoleon’s victim mentioned? Remember Napoleons’s victim? The guy who pulled into the driveway of his own home. Yeah. That guy. The guy who Napoleon shot in the head....TWICE.... at point blank range, all so Napoleon could steal his car. Yeah, that’s the guy. What was the victim’s name? No one knows, because no one mentioned it. They only mention Napoleon and talk about what a nice young man he was. Napoleon got what was coming to him. The State of Texas got their justice. The family of the murder victim got their justice. The police officers investigating that gruesome and heinous murder got their justice. The murder victim got his justice. And you know what? Napoleon also got his justice. I pray for Napoleon’s soul and pray God forgives him. I truly do. But Napoleon got his justice, and his justice was being executed.

What about asking the victims families and not the relatives of the murderer.

Napoleon "decided the fate" of the Mercedes owner, mom...

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

That's what separates us from murders, even when we know the guy is a killer, we still have the humanity to form a bond with them.

Napeloan was rehabilitatable. But did he *deserve* to be rehabilitated after shooting a guy twice in the head on his own property? No. Capital punishment is not a deterrent, and prison is not a deterrent; people kill and rape regardless of the punishment. Capital punishment is the most extreme force of punishment, whether a murder requires the death penalty to consider the criminal adequately punished is subjective. I personally believe it is in some cases but shouldnt be used without the conviction in doing so.

"he was a good guy" except for that whole murder thing.

The mother says that the state decided napoleon's fate napoleon decided his own fate

Only two hundred? We're losing ground here. That number should be a lot higher.

like his father said, his age should've been a factor heartbroken for both napoleon's family and the victim's family justice belongs to God

Does NOT matter how innocent they seem... they have all taken the lives of someone who was loved.

At the end of the day you have to answer for your actions. My heart goes out to Napoleon's parents.

Interviewer:how did u deal with the emotions? Death watcher:just did a little crack

This documentary exposes the truth about the horrific impact of capital-murder, period, from the original incident to the death-chamber. The rarely seen/shown side of it are the "in-betweens" that enter the grieving-process long before the death of the condemned. No one would ever imagine that such a tragedy would include such kind and tenderhearted people as Napoleon's mother and father. Sure seem like noble people to me and. I wish them peace as I do each person impacted by the story. Two family-circles so unbelievably burdened forever.

The government should never be given the power of life and death. It will be you next.

This should teach you to NOT commit crimes in the state of Texas

My heart aches for the relatives of the man Napoleon Beasley killed, but NB's parents sadness kills me. Horrifying is what this parents have to live from now on. SMFH.

Your honesty is great it's great to know that people will be honest in a position about the good and the bad

how come no one is mentioning the man that was shot twice in the head, or the ordeal his parents, his siblings, his wife, his children, his friends must endure for the rest of their living life?????..... you go visit the killers parents? really? wtf is that?

they give voice to the families of killers, but not the victim families

He has aged about 20 years .The stress on death row must be immense

So far, still for it. Going to watch part 3 now.

People release their bowels when they die.

Boo Hoo, holes is our hearts, sob sob. Only 17 wha wha. What about the two holes is the victims head.

Tough, tough, tough. My heart goes out to all who have lost loved ones guilty or not. Victim or predator. How do you know if a person has reformed or not. The fact is that when you commit a crime of this magnitude, it's too late.

Stopped watching at Napoleon family visit. This wasn’t theft or traffic violation. He shot a person in the head to steal a car. He got EXACTLY what he deserved.

Rehabilitatable? Once you've proven that you can do the ultimate bad, you can always do it again no matter what.

Executing a killer doesn't bring the victims back, all it does is create ANOTHER corpse.

If you killed or gravely hurt someone, I don't want to pay for you to live your life eating and breathing in prison, while your victims suffer or rot. I wish my country had this.

Somehow, I miss John Luttig a lot more that Beazly. I'd love to have heard from their family and their pain and suffering.

Napoleon Beazley seemed to have regretted his action deeply. I wish he had gotten a second chance.

No man has the right to take another mans life unless of course they try to kill u or a loved one.But this ain’t right in the lords eyes

The guy who started World War I, which in turn lead to World War 2, was 19 when he murdered that Duke and his wife, leaving their children orphans. Due to his age, they decided not to execute him. The irony is stuning. Hundreds of thousands of young men his age and under died because of what he did.

If I killed someone in cold blood, I'd feel so guilty I couldn't live with myself.

I could not live in Texas I am sure that lots of good people live there but I hate the way they kill kill kill.

5:36 MOST people on death row HAVE had a second chance AND a third, and so on.

You never see a person that took his own life saying years later that he/she regrets taking his own life. That's how I see these death row inmates. They took their own lives, yet have the luxury of regreting it.

He looks exactly like......someone who's witnessed 219 executions.

Those against the death penalty think about this, if an animal attacks someone that animal is put down. The same should apply for humans. Most killers are not changeable. And most people I'm sure would not want to waste tax money on wastes of air.

we are all on death row … the only regret is not reaching our full potential while we live …

everyone is making judgements on whether napoleon deserved the death penalty or not when YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW THE GUY!

Nice and unbiased in both editing and questions :D:D

My opinion but. They all still deserved to die even if they say they’re sorry. Like u took someone’s life. Someone who was loved by their family. And y’all except to keep on living - nuh uh in my world you die. Sounds sadistic but that’s my opinion k

Sorry but I can't feel sorry for someone who took someone's life.

despite the things they do to get the death penalty i always feel sad because no one deserves to be killed at the end of the day . that man looked like he didn't wanna leave

you can see how much Napoleon has aged from the stress of living in death row .it has taken a toll on him .I do feel mercy should be given for people like Napoleon who are truly repentant ,and also very young as well ...No one should be executed at only 24 .