I am glad that my life in a world which has not understood me has ended.  Soon I will be at home with my Lord, so I am dying an innocent man.  Should, however, my death serve for the purpose of abolishing capital punishment – such a punishment being arrived at only by circumstantial evidence – I feel that my death has not been in vain.  I am at peace with God.  I repeat, I protest my innocence of the crime for which I was convicted.  However, I die with no malice or hatred in my heart.  The love of Christ has filled my soul and I am happy in Him.


[Translated from German]