Each, for now, a living human being...

• Bill Gates
• David Bowie, Hendrix, Willy Mason, Maxwell, Dave Matthews and Suggs
• George Martin
• Owen, Vieira, Wright, Henri and Bobby Moore
• Hayes, Hatten, Eubanks, Bruno and Ali
• Cruise, Baldwin and Garcia
• Hoskins and Keith Allen
• Richard E. Grant
• Hale & Pace, Armstrong & Miller, Mitchell & Webb, Smith & Jones, Hall & Oats
• Hitchcock, Scott, Mann, John Irving and David Lynch
• Holmes, Christie, Edwards and John Higgins
• Washington, Nixon, Clinton and Bush
• Hertz, Hyatt and Haliburton
• Holland, England and Israel
• Alvin, Simon and Theodore

Just some of the names that have endured life on death row in the United States. Almost all face the horror that, failing a successful appeal, they shall be put to death by the State. What a world of difference between their lives and those of their namesakes, names that are revered the world over and carry immeasurable goodwill.

Yet they not only share these names but the irreducible humanity that flows from them. Each, for now, a living human being.