The State's Plan to Execute John Lyons

"It's not unusual. I mean, you do have people who want attention," he says. "This is an easy way for somebody to get attention because at this point, especially in 1936, how do you verify what she's saying is true?" A committee appointed by the governor said it would be a grave error to take this man's life while John Lyons might still be out thereBecause he's another suspect,. his sentence is commuted to life imprisonment.