Before the Execution, His 8-Year-Old Daughter Whispered Something That Left the Guards Frozen — And 24 Hours Later, the Entire State Was Forced to Stop Everything

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.