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but I had two clients on death row. I was their lawyer

which now might be 5-4 against us. And the large number of condemned inmates who faced execution on a theory similar to that which had lead the sentencing judge in Arizona to sentence the Tison brothers to die even though they had not kille...

I had received several phone calls from anti-capital punishment lawyers imploring me not to file a petition for certiorari in the Tison case. “Count the noses

we decided to seek review in the Supreme Court. This decision was itself controversial within the anti-capital punishment legal community. The legal landscape had changed since the Supreme Court decided Furman and several other cases imposi...

based on the account they had given the authorities. Under the laws of felony murder and conspiracy

public outrage was focused on those who were still alive. The media presented the recurrent vision of the murdered toddler and expressed the view that “if they hadn’t gotten Gary Tison and Greenawalt out

” he said. The police continued the interrogation. Donny

a van approached a police roadblock. Suddenly shots rang out

and low on money. Gary decided that they had to make a run for the Mexican border

which had followed the news of the manhunt with a mixture of fear and admiration for the daring prison escape. Now revulsion replaced admiration. The crimes were characterized by the media as a “mad-dog murder spree

baby and John were in or near the white Lincoln

Ricky and Ray retrieved the water jug from the Lyones’ Mazda and were on their way back when they heard the shotguns fire. They could see flashes of fire through the darkness. They stood transfixed. It seemed to last forever. Then it was qu...

with the Mazda following behind. Gary stopped and the Lyonses were ordered out of the Lincoln while the men cleaned out the Mazda

a young marine named John Lyons was driving his family on a vacation. About an hour into their road trip

the alarm was sounded and the manhunt was on. But the escapees were keeping to back roads in the old white Lincoln supplied by their Uncle Joe

Randy Greenawalt—also a convicted murderer—was in an adjoining control room. When the other visitors had left

their father wasn’t a killer. A guard had been accidentally shot in a scuffle. It was not in cold blood. Their father was incapable of that. Gary told them that his criminal conduct had been a result of secret training he had received in th...

“We’ll make it out without firing a shot or being fired at. And once outside

the three Tison brothers arrived at the Florence State Prison with their perennial picnic basket. Beneath the fried chicken were pistols and shotguns.

Gary had to get himself removed from the “escape risk” list and maximum security—to establish a sense of trust in him by the prison officials. When some young prisoners acted up