There's not a lot I can say about this, with so much that has already been said. There's an excellent website, Australia Unites , which has a case background, news links and an petition you can sign, for what it's worth now; even though it seems like all hope is lost now, "as long as there is life, there is hope" and in any case, no matter what happens, in signing the petition, you can record your disgust about the execution. So what I want to post here, is something I posted on the Necro forum : Regarding this case, I felt an emotion I never expected to feel: I felt sympathy for Ray Martin. Allow me to explain... Last week I was channel surfing, when I happened to land on A Current Affair (which I don't normally watch, The 7:30 Report being rather more how I prefer to get political insights). But anyway, Ray presented a clip of the family visiting Van in prison, then went to the results of an SMS poll of viewers, question being: "Do you believe that th