singles: Bill Babbitt comforts his niece, Desiree, during a reunion of surviving family members of those executed by the state for their crimes. Desiree's father, Manny Babbitt, was executed in San Quetin, CA for murder. Manny had been suffering with post-traumatic symptoms ever since he returned from Vietnam in 1969. During the 77-day siege at Khe Sanh, Manny picked up pieces of his fellow G.I.'s. He was then wounded and medevacked out in a helicopter on a pile of dead bodies. Officials promised the family Manny would not receive the death penalty due to his condition and fact he gave himself up voluntarily.
He was executed May 4, 1999.
