A young man who insists that he is innocent is slated to be the first executed in the prison's electric chair.

A young man awaits execution on death row for the murder of a political boss. Although he continues to protest his innocence, only his sweetheart, the prison priest, and the warden and his wife believe him. Reporters discuss the case and similar ones, and one of them relates a story that may save the man's life.—Les Adams <[email protected]>