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In a plea for clemency on the father’s behalf, Austin lawyer Keith Hampton and Houston lawyer James Rytting asked Gov. His father, however, is making a last-ditch plea to spare his son’s life despite the heartache and suffering he caused. Now 38, Thomas Whitaker is scheduled to be executed on Feb. Shot in the upper chest in the 2003 attack, Kent Whitaker barely survived the ambush, but only after hearing the first two bullets that killed his youngest, Kevin, a college sophomore, and wife Tricia, whose last sounds he heard were a series of weak, wet coughs as blood filled her lungs. After a trial that resulted in a death sentence for his son, Kent emerged from this harrowing ordeal to share their astonishing journey toward forgiveness and redemption.Thomas Whitaker is on Texas death row because he lured his family out to dinner so a friend could slip into their Sugar Land home to gun down his mother, father and brother when they returned. Over the next few weeks, it was discovered that the whole murder plot had been orchestrated by the surviving son - whom Kent had unknowingly forgiven. While recovering in the hospital, Kent resolved in his heart to forgive whoever was responsible for the deaths of his wife and son.

The gunman opened fire, instantly killing the younger son and Kent's wife, leaving Kent and his older son lying wounded until police and ambulances arrived. On opening the front door, they faced a gunman lying in wait. One evening, the Whitaker family returned home after dinner, celebrating a son's impending graduation from college. At the core is the remarkable healing power of forgiveness, demonstrated by Kent Whitaker, which shows how the survivors of such atrocious events can still forgive those who have permanently damaged their lives.

For the first time, readers are offered inside access to the emotional drama that went on behind the scenes. Straight from the headlines comes an incredible true story of a son's treachery. This is the tragic story of Kent Whitaker's heart-wrenching journey toward forgiveness and faith after the brutal murder of his wife and one of his sons.