Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer: Ronald A. Smith

HELENA, Mont. Dept: HELENA, Mont. - Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer on Friday told the family of a Canadian on death row that he is undecided on the inmate's request for executive clemency, at times expressing sympathy for his plight and at other times noting the desire of the victims' families for retribution, according to Winnipeg Free Press. Schweitzer sympathized with the plight of Smith, who is scheduled to be executed in the 1982 killings of two Blackfeet Indian men. The governor said it is not fair for Smith to be executed after an accomplice was paroled, and indicated he believes that Smith may be a different man and ronald Smith, the only Canadian on death row in the United States, speaks with a reporter on Feb. 22, 2012 at Montanta State Prison in Deer Lodge, Montana. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill Graveland The governor had a long, frank discussion with relatives of convicted murderer Ronald A. Smith. Schweitzer told them that his options include doing nothing with the clemency request, which seeks life in prison without the possibility of parole instead of the death penalty. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.