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| Woman marries death row prisoner | Woman marries death row prisoner |
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| A former Nottinghamshire woman has married a death row prisoner at a ceremony in a US jail. | A former Nottinghamshire woman has married a death row prisoner at a ceremony in a US jail. |
| Tracy Cope, 44, married James Lewis Morgan, 52, at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, last week. | Tracy Cope, 44, married James Lewis Morgan, 52, at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, last week. |
| Their four-and-a-half-year relationship began when Ms Cope sent the inmate a love poem through a pen pal programme. She has since moved to North Carolina. | |
| Morgan was killed Patrina Lynette King, 34, in November 1997 and was sentenced to death. | |
| We never give up hope. We say that with God, all things are possible Tracy Cope | |
| Prison officials allowed the couple to hold hands, hug and kiss during the wedding ceremony, but visits will now be through a glass partition and will be limited to one-and-a-half hours per week. | Prison officials allowed the couple to hold hands, hug and kiss during the wedding ceremony, but visits will now be through a glass partition and will be limited to one-and-a-half hours per week. |
| Tracy told WRAL TV in North Carolina Morgan's crime was no longer a concern to her once she found out all the details. | Tracy told WRAL TV in North Carolina Morgan's crime was no longer a concern to her once she found out all the details. |
| She added that she was optimistic they would both be together outside prison walls one day. | She added that she was optimistic they would both be together outside prison walls one day. |
| "We never give up hope. We say that with God, all things are possible." | "We never give up hope. We say that with God, all things are possible." |
| The North Carolina Department of Correction said Morgan is one of only two prisoners to get married at Central Prison in the past five years. | The North Carolina Department of Correction said Morgan is one of only two prisoners to get married at Central Prison in the past five years. |