Larry Fitzgerald, who for years was the Texas prison system’s ... public relations team — it would grow to four with Lyons’ hiring in 2001 — Fitzgerald tended to handle the executions.

Larry Fitzgerald, Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman, tears up a wanted poster for death row escapee Martin Gurule during a news conference Friday, Dec. 4, 1998, in Huntsville, Texas.

Larry Fitzgerald spent eight years, from 1995 to 2003, as spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, fielding media queries from all over the world and witnessing more than 200 ...

Chris Hayes travels to Texas and talks with Michelle Lyons and Larry Fitzgerald—two people who witnessed the executions of hundreds of people, as part of their job. IE 11 is not supported.

With a new episode showing every day this week, meet the man who witnessed 219 executions in his time as spokesman for death row in Texas. Now retired, Larry Fitzgerald explores some of the cases ...

Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Larry Fitzgerald, at the Smith Unit in Lamesa in 2000, witnessed 219 executions during his tenure.

With a new episode showing every day this week, meet the man who witnessed 219 executions in his time as spokesman for death row in Texas. Now retired, Larry Fitzgerald explores some of the cases ...