Not quite clear on the concept, pastor says Houston "broke Lay's heart."

"I plan to tell them this is not the first time somebody good has been falsely accused and even crucified,'' Lawson said today in an interview before leaving for Aspen.

"Just like Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy, my hope is that people will view Ken Lay in a much more positive light after his death. Even though people say he's a robber and a crook and that it's a good thing he's dead, we have the right to tell his family we've seen this (vilification) before, and history can be kind.''

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Lay was convicted in May of six counts of fraud and conspiracy leading to, among other consequences, loss of 5,000 Enron jobs and $1billion in employee pensions.

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