Just before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection, a death row inmate made one final request: to see his young daughter, whom he hadn’t held in three years.
What she whispered in his ear would unravel a five-year-old conviction, expose corruption at the highest levels of the justice system, and reveal a secret no one was prepared for.
The clock on the wall read 6:00 a.m. when the guards opened the cell of Daniel Foster, who had spent the last five years on death row at the Huntsville Unit in Texas.
For five years, Daniel had shouted his innocence into concrete walls that never answered back. Now, with only hours left before his scheduled execution, he had just one request.
“I want to see my daughter,” he said, his voice hoarse. “Just once. Please let me see Emily before it’s over.”
