Texas father seeks clemency for son who tried to kill him
SUGAR LAND, Texas_In a week, Thomas "Bart" Whitaker, 38, is scheduled to be executed for plotting a 2003 attack that left his mother and brother dead and almost killed his father.
That father, Kent Whitaker, is doing everything he can to halt the execution. Inspired by his Christian faith and his son's repentance, the 69-year-old retired construction company comptroller hopes to have his son's sentence commuted.
"The death penalty in this case is the wrong punishment," he said.
Kent Whitaker forgives his son. He paid for lawyers to fight the death sentence at trial in 2007, and got down on his knees and begged prosecutors to seek a
