Gregory Jackson, attorney for convicted murderer Ronald Smith, gives his opening statement before the Montana Board of Pardons and Parole Wednesday morning May 2, 2012 in Powell County District court in Deer Lodge, Mont.. The family of the only Canadian on death row in the United States tearfully pleaded with the Montana Parole Board on Wednesday to give clemency to a man they say has changed and deserves to live _ while the family of two Blackfeet cousins killed by Ronald A. Smith prepare to argue the death sentence should be carried out. (AP Photo/The Missoulian, Michael Gallacher)
