ROSEMARY CHURCH, WORLD NEWS: The execution of a convicted killer in the United States is throwing the spotlight on the presidential campaign. Candidate George W. Bush is the governor of Texas, which has carried out 135 executions during his term, far more than any other state. Gary Graham was put to death Thursday night by lethal injection. He was found guilty of a 1981 murder during a robbery. Hundreds of death penalty opponents gathered outside the prison where Graham was executed. A witness described Graham's final words.</s>MIKE GRACZYK, EXECUTION WITNESS: "I died fighting for what I believed in. The truth will come out." He thanked his supporters. He expressed love to the Reverend Jackson, Al Sharpton, Bianca Jagger, and the minister Robert Mohammed (ph), who were in the death chamber with us. He urged that they take his case to an international court. He said that he had been beaten here, that he would like them to expose the brutality that he endured, and he said, "You must continue to demand a moratorium on executions."</s>CHURCH: Recent cases in which DNA evidence has exonerated death row inmates is making the death penalty more of an issue in the presidential campaign. Both Governor Bush and Vice President Al Gore have said they support the death penalty. END TO ORDER VIDEOTAPES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF CNN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMING, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE THE SECURE ONLINE ORDER FROM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Graham Execution Makes Death Penalty an Issue in U.S. Presidential  Election