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COVERING AN EXECUTION
The media camp set up for the execution.
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The media camp across the street from the prison.

Karla Fay Tucker gained the unique distinction of being the first female executed in Texas since the Civil War. As such the event drew world wide attention from both sides of the debate. Even the Pope made a

direct plea for clemency. Getting news of the event to the entire planet took a small army of reporters, photographers and engineers. Here are a few of the people who delivered the news around the world.
A KXXV crew does an interview in front of the prison. Photojournalist Lalo Garcia in ront of the Prison.

Photographer Michael Moore and reporter Anita Smith from KXXV, the ABC affiliate in Waco, interviews members from an Italian anti-death penalty group called “Hands Off Cain.”

Photojournalist, Lalo Garcia sets up a live shot.
ABC News correspondent Dean Reynolds. ABC Freelance Crew.

ABC News Corespondent Dean Reynolds
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ABC Freelance Crew, Tim Dickey (left) and Dan Holdren (right) shoots a stand up with Reynolds outside the prison

Huntsville, Texas is not a large town. Cell service is available, but not enough for the load this media event put on it. Most intelligent, forward thinking producers who bothered to check on communications arranged for telephone lines through the prison. Those who didn’t get “land lines” had a rough time getting the word in or out.

The prison officials, working with Southwestern Bell bent over backwards to see to it we had reliable communications. It wasn’t easy, especially when taking abuse from those who failed to plan ahead.

A tip of the hat goes out to Southwestern Bell and prison technicians for improvising, adapting and making it work.
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Have Satellite Truck Will Travel - The Execution of Karla Fay Tucker
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Last Updated 6-14-98