Imagine coming home to an ambush. Your wife is killed. Your son is killed. You’re critically injured, left for dead and it’s all planned by your other son who hired a gunman to kill his family. Kent Whitaker forgave his son Thomas who sits on death row slated for lethal injection this Thursday. He petitioned the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, pleading to spare his son’s life. The board emails his attorney Keith Hampton, right, with a unanimous vote of clemency and now will wait for Governor Greg Abbott’s decision to serve a life sentence as Whitaker weeps with his second wife Tanya at left. statesman photos by ralphbarrera #clemency #thomaswhitaker #texasdeathpenalty #lethalinjection #texasboardofpardonsandparoles #texascapitol #kentwhitaker