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WITH CANADIAN ON DEATH ROW IN U.S. PRISON

Special report tonight on THE NATIONAL with full interview Tuesday on CONNECT WITH MARK KELLEY

CBC News’s Mark   Kelley has an exclusive interview with Ronald Smith, the only Canadian on Death   Row in the United States. The Montana Board of Pardons and Parole will hold a   last-ditch clemency hearing this week to determine whether Smith’s execution   will go ahead.

Smith, originally from   Wetaskiwin, Alta., was sentenced to death in 1983 for the shotgun killing of two   aboriginal men who offered him a ride while Smith was hitchhiking in   Montana.

Mark Kelley visited Smith at   Montana State Prison, and presents a special report tonight on THE   NATIONAL (10 p.m./10:30 NT on CBC-TV; 9, 10 and 11 p.m. ET/PT on CBC News   Network); the full interview airs tomorrow, Tuesday, May 1, on CONNECT WITH   MARK KELLEY (8 p.m. ET on CBC News Network).

 

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