Spared execution eight times, oldest inmate in US dies at 101

Andrius Banevicius is the public information officer for Connecticut's Department of Correction.

Dr Stephanie Prost is a researcher in older adults and prison settings at the University of Louisville in Kentucky.

Francis Clifford Smith was the longest-serving prisoner in the US, convicted of murder in 1950.

Major Leo Carroll was involved in the interrogation of Francis Smith.

Richard Sparaco is a former executive director of the Board of Pardons and Paroles.