Religious Conversion To Christianity
Sellers became a Christian while in prison. His friends started a website on his behalf, and he campaigned for clemency based on his religious conversion, age and involvement in Satanism. While on death row, Sellers made numerous appearances in the mass media, appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show and on a notorious segment of Geraldo about Satanism. He also appeared in documentaries about Satanism and serial killers for 48 Hours, MSNBC and the A&E Network. Sellers married in prison on February 14, 1995, but the marriage was annulled in 1997.
Sellers' step-siblings refused to believe that his conversion to Christianity was a sincere one. Of his many surviving family members, only his step-grandfather believed his conversion to be sincere. Prison officials, except for the prison chaplain, also refused to believe he had converted.
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