Christopher Black's Pen Pal Request:

I am death row prisoner on Ellis Unit / Texas since 1998. My days are long and sad.   The only thing that kept me living until yet was writing. I do not want romance or money, the only thing that I want is a friend. A friend to dream with, to talk to, to have fun with etc. I am interested in literature, sports, jazz music, family, animals (cats),  day dreaming and a lot more. I would like everybody who writes to me and I am thankful if YOU write to me. I will answer all your letters. It does not matter if you are female or male. People with ideas and who are interesting are my friends. Do not think, that you might be not interesting. If you have sometimes strange ideas about future, religions, cooking and the world, please do not be shy and write to me.   I hope to hear soon from you out there in the living world.    Your new friend Christopher

                    Christopher Black #999277

          Christopher thanks everyone for their letters of support,
           and has asked that his address be removed at this time.

Executed by the state of Texas on July 09, 2003

A retired Army sergeant was executed on July 09, 2003. Asked by the warden if he wanted to make a final statement, Christopher Black Sr., said no. As the drugs began flowing, he made a groaning sigh and was pronounced dead at 6:19 p.m.

The U.S. Supreme Court in April refused to consider Black's appeal and no additional appeals were made, his lawyer, Jack Hurley, said.

Black declined to speak from death row with reporters.

"My days are long and sad," he wrote on a Web site where inmates seek pen pals. "I do not want romance or money, the only thing that I want is a friend."

Black becomes the 18th condemned inmate to be put to death this year in Texas and the 307th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on December 7, 1982. Black becomes the 68th condemned inmate to be put to death since Rick Perry became governor in 2001.

Black becomes the 43rd condemned inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 863rd overall since America resumed executions on January 17, 1977.

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