Lethal Injections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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  • Опубликовано: 4 май 2019
  • John Oliver discusses the lethal injection process, which is definitely not as pleasant as talking about a squeaking frog.
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Комментарии • 18 тыс.

  • @johnward4104
    @johnward4104 5 лет назад +5269

    Just wanted to point out that Judge Alex Kozinski had another interview with CBS in 2015 where the same discussion was held. He made a very effective point that has stuck with me ever since I first saw it. It went as follows:
    Alex Kozinski: I would eliminate the entire controversy. I would use a bullet or a series of bullets. They're fast. They're effective. Nobody ever survives.
    Bill Whitaker: Go back to the firing squad?
    Alex Kozinski: Make it look like an execution. Mutilate the body. And this would express the sense of that's what you're doing, that we're actually committing violence on another human being.
    Bill Whitaker: I read that you have even thought the guillotine might be a good way to execute.
    Alex Kozinski: Oh, yes.
    Bill Whitaker: Really?
    Alex Kozinski: The guillotine works. Never fails. It's quick. It's effective.
    Bill Whitaker: You do know what that sounds like, hearing a judge sort of be an advocate for the guillotine?
    Alex Kozinski: Tell me.
    Bill Whitaker: Barbaric.
    Alex Kozinski: The death penalty is barbaric. And I think we as a society need to come face-to-face with that. If we're not willing to face up to the cruelty, we ought not to be doing it.

    • @rindaann6850
      @rindaann6850 5 лет назад +701

      He does make a really good point, so many people fail to acknowledge that the death penalty is barbaric. I will never be okay with the death penalty.

    • @rafakal9823
      @rafakal9823 5 лет назад +97

      Bill whitaker representing classic americans. Perfect.

    • @ceruchi2084
      @ceruchi2084 5 лет назад +421

      This is completely reasonable. You can't make killing pretty.

    • @EqualsThreeable
      @EqualsThreeable 5 лет назад +69

      Who said it wasn't barbaric. I suppose all the billions of animals we kill every year isn't?

    • @santiagofiordalisi1474
      @santiagofiordalisi1474 5 лет назад +81

      @@EqualsThreeable It is too. It's just that culturally aproved by the majority. It will change at some point.

  • @TheMrVengeance
    @TheMrVengeance 4 года назад +3530

    You know what, that guy at 16:16 has a point. If you're going to be in favour of the death penalty, you shouldn't suddenly get weird about the method. An injection might be more sterile/clinical for the audience, but as was discussed, it's (potentially) absolutely horrendous for the person it's applied to. Bullet(s) to the brain or decapitation is rather foolproof.
    What it really comes down to is that a guillotine or a firing squad reminds people to clearly of what a barbaric punishment it _actually_ is. And they'd rather pretend it's not.

    • @supervegito2277
      @supervegito2277 4 года назад +86

      I realized that, when he covered the paralytic.

    • @apathyguy8338
      @apathyguy8338 4 года назад +74

      Clinically I'm against the death penalty for many solid reasons. Assuming the crime has been %100 proven guilty and I take the time to learn about the crimes these sub human monsters have done I can't feel bad about any agony they may go through even when I'd be disgusted by it otherwise. I just can't. You try. Take Clayton Lockett. Kidnapped, raped and buried alive a teenage girl. His suffering brings me joy.

    • @someguy1141
      @someguy1141 4 года назад +160

      @@apathyguy8338 Yes in a perfect world we would have 100% proof that the people being executed are completely guilty of these horrific crimes. Even if that were the case which it absolutely isn't, It's about not becoming the people that they are. I understand your logic and you have every right to have no empathy for someone like Clayton Lockett ( I'm not dismissing or saying your opinion is wrong in any way) but in my personal opinion we need to be better than the people we say are monsters.

    • @apathyguy8338
      @apathyguy8338 4 года назад +27

      @@someguy1141 As I said on a fundamental level I'm against the death penalty and would vote against it given opportunity for many reasons. But when someone like that suffers I find it cathartic if not enjoyable. So I can't get angry about it and therefor I can connect emotionally with those that want it. I only bring it up to try to better understand my own duality. Also they could have found a better example. Yes working from home may have hindered that for them.

    • @ArtOfficialKreations
      @ArtOfficialKreations 4 года назад +22

      Exactly. It's like, what is our goal really? I mean, for whom are we trying to minimize the trauma?

  • @zacharywalker524
    @zacharywalker524 3 года назад +662

    What she said literally scares the shit out of me it's terrifying when people mix their political views with their religious views

    • @spongeintheshoe
      @spongeintheshoe 2 года назад +44

      Hence the separation of church and state.

    • @sagelaw5997
      @sagelaw5997 2 года назад +37

      Kind of weird too considering that most Christians are opposed to the death penalty. With the sanctity of life and everything

    • @spongeintheshoe
      @spongeintheshoe 2 года назад +42

      @@sagelaw5997 I think it's just that people like this use religion as a way to justify what they already wanted to do.

    • @dinamosflams
      @dinamosflams 2 года назад +2

      It's even worse when either of them consists of pragmatic, effective and calculated practices of KILLING A HUMAN BEING

    • @blackmantis3130
      @blackmantis3130 2 года назад +19

      It's ironic because Jesus was against capital punishment.

  • @bengoldfeder1198
    @bengoldfeder1198 3 года назад +894

    “The most lethal thing to come out of a London driving school since prince Philip” this aged well

    • @usersaccount5706
      @usersaccount5706 3 года назад +21

      It didn’t really age at all to be honest. He didn’t die driving a car, he died eating a tangfastic.

    • @SergheyKatastrofenko
      @SergheyKatastrofenko 3 года назад +11

      Unlike Prince Philip.

    • @SergheyKatastrofenko
      @SergheyKatastrofenko 3 года назад +31

      @@usersaccount5706 He actually died after a heart attack while he and the queen were trying some BDSM action.

    • @derdickemichi6434
      @derdickemichi6434 3 года назад +5

      @@SergheyKatastrofenko .... If this is true...imagine

    • @drazx6701
      @drazx6701 3 года назад +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @titaniumteddybear
    @titaniumteddybear 5 лет назад +7403

    That lady was trying to defend the death penalty by referencing the execution of an INNOCENT MAN!?

    • @varana
      @varana 5 лет назад +420

      But by that, he saved us, and he foretold it would be happening anyway, so it was ... kinda okay? :headdesk:
      I mean, I'm a Christian, but that is some fucked up shit.

    • @LiterallyCanada666
      @LiterallyCanada666 5 лет назад +168

      TitaniumTeddyBear yeah I think murder is ok because my mom was murdered once

    • @ultimatedespairgamer6722
      @ultimatedespairgamer6722 5 лет назад +123

      Actually Jesus was guilty of the crime he was accused of

    • @leylasmith7179
      @leylasmith7179 5 лет назад +182

      @Ultimate Despair Gamer, actually, Jesus’ execution, and accusations, were politically motivated by the Pharisees, relying heavily on interpretation. His “crimes” were heresy and blasphemy, in which they said he was perverting and speaking against Jewish law. In actuality, Jesus interpreted Jewish law to mean something different than the Pharisees, and his interpretation was becoming more popular with the people. Fearing he was becoming too powerful, they lobbied Pontius Pilot to execute him, mockingly calling him King of the Jews, a title that could have been seen as a threat to Rome. It’s the modern day equivalent of imprisoning a journalist for reporting things you don’t like as a political dissident, like Jamal Kashoggi.

    • @tabithak.9923
      @tabithak.9923 5 лет назад +64

      @@leylasmith7179 No they weren't. He was killed by the Romans and his followers changed the story later when they were trying to convert Romans. Cue 1000s of years of anti-semitism.
      If Jesus did exist (which there is no evidence of outside of a bunch of magical stories written 100s of years after his death), he was just a guy who started a failed revolution.

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 5 лет назад +3560

    “The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.” ― Fyodor Dostoevsky

    • @likealightning4139
      @likealightning4139 5 лет назад +175

      @@Jordan-Ramses but you can at least treat your prisoners in a humane way, which is proven to reduce violence in prison and the rate of convicts commiting further crimes after being release. and last but not least, treating them like people and not like human garbage, which most prisoners are not, is the civilized thing to do.

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 5 лет назад +87

      In that case, we have one severely fucked up society.

    • @Raincentral003
      @Raincentral003 5 лет назад +30

      Cruel AND Unusual, we live in tyranny, bitches.

    • @Jordan-Ramses
      @Jordan-Ramses 5 лет назад +5

      @@likealightning4139 - I never said you couldn't treat prisoners humanely. So i don't even know why you are saying that. Are you able to understand the words that i am typing?
      I pointed out that prisons are bad primarily because they are full of criminals. If a prison was too nice i would be very worried.

    • @jakepietrzak7552
      @jakepietrzak7552 5 лет назад +29

      Scott Humphreys prisons aren’t just bad and improving them won’t make them good. Not everything is black and white.

  • @whocares9033
    @whocares9033 2 года назад +481

    One thing that nobody ever seems to bring up when discussing the death penalty is that the estimated wrongful conviction rate in the US is between 2-10%

    • @greyhound9967
      @greyhound9967 2 года назад +37

      He mentions it at the beginning.

    • @spongeintheshoe
      @spongeintheshoe 2 года назад +56

      As long as the death penalty exists, it _will_ be used on innocent people.

    • @keegansmall8959
      @keegansmall8959 2 года назад

      This is the only reason I do not support the death penalty. I strongly believe that those individuals who commit the most depraved crimes like mass murder or sexual assault on children should be killed. They are animals who will never change and as far as I’m concerned they are just a waste of space inside a prison and should have their lives ended as soon as they are found guilty. However, I believe that one single innocent person being put to death is unacceptable. Given that this happens I cannot support the death penalty. In a perfect world where no one was wrongly convicted I would strongly advocate for putting those sick individuals to death so they don’t waste anymore space on this earth. Unfortunately our world and especially the United States justice system is far from perfect

    • @anthonyfuqua6988
      @anthonyfuqua6988 2 года назад +19

      Here in Alabama we've had too many people proven innocent while on death row. Not just the one from Just Mercy.

    • @kellietaylor9913
      @kellietaylor9913 Год назад +4

      It's more than that come on it's bs

  • @ryanlynn6414
    @ryanlynn6414 2 месяца назад +6

    Had to come back to watch this episode after the bomb he dropped tonight on 4/7/24. Over 4 years later and it's gotten worse. I appreciate the work John and his crew do to make a real impactful change in this world.

  • @katherinepagan4860
    @katherinepagan4860 5 лет назад +1365

    I love how he keeps emphasizing that HBO will be completely lost without Game of Thrones. He’s just relishing it and it’s so damn funny : D

    • @IsraTheBlack
      @IsraTheBlack 5 лет назад +2

      There are already 3 spin-offs planned fyi.

    • @odeiraoloap
      @odeiraoloap 5 лет назад +12

      They'll be fine. Just like how Netflix is doing just fine without House of Cards and Orange is the New Black. They are just as unrestrained on what content they can make, so another cult following show will be developed sooner rather than later.

    • @andysorensen1737
      @andysorensen1737 5 лет назад +6

      Paolo Ariedo Much like when Sopranos ended, people were all “Where does HBO go?” They’ll be fine.

    • @chandlerwright5460
      @chandlerwright5460 5 лет назад +4

      They have Westworld and Watchmen

    • @5pctLowBattery
      @5pctLowBattery 5 лет назад +10

      What’s he going to do without the dragon money, so he can fund the necessary end of shows props?

  • @kevinmerry4586
    @kevinmerry4586 5 лет назад +2451

    “The one who passes the sentence should swing the sword” -Ned Stark

  • @LillikoiSeed
    @LillikoiSeed 2 года назад +63

    I have always loved John Oliver and I shall never change. He’s brilliant and makes things funny even when they’re actually not. God love him

  • @heknowswherefranceis4838
    @heknowswherefranceis4838 2 года назад +101

    The talk about that feeling of being unable to communicate the fact that you're still aware of what's going on hits a little close to home with me. When I got my wisdom teeth removed, I was put under general anesthesia, where they ask you to count up to 20, and before you finish you're unconscious, but the time right before I went under was awful. I couldn't move my body, but was aware of who was around me. I felt like I was floating in the air, spinning slowly and unable to breathe. My last thought was that I genuinely wasn't going to wake up.
    I know that that is incomparable to what lethal injections are like, but hearing about that being forced onto someone, criminal or not, just doesn't sit right with me.

    • @spongeintheshoe
      @spongeintheshoe Год назад +2

      And with the intention that they really _won't_ wake up.

    • @Lapusso650
      @Lapusso650 Год назад +1

      Holy shit did you feel pain?

    • @heknowswherefranceis4838
      @heknowswherefranceis4838 Год назад +3

      @The Last Hair Bender Not really? I was panicking and my lungs felt like they didn't have enough oxygen, but it only really lasted for no more than 2 seconds before I went under.

    • @Lapusso650
      @Lapusso650 Год назад

      @@heknowswherefranceis4838 phew

    • @Tabascofanatikerin
      @Tabascofanatikerin 10 месяцев назад +1

      I had quite a similar experience with my first two wisdom teeth when the anesthesia around them wouldn't work. And while I was in horrible pain but could not clearly talk, the dentist just told me to shut up and keep still.

  • @youtubeuniversity3638
    @youtubeuniversity3638 5 лет назад +1913

    "Have you even been involved in research?"
    "No."

    • @Zman9042
      @Zman9042 5 лет назад +4

      I said the same thing!

    • @LukeRen-rl4yv
      @LukeRen-rl4yv 5 лет назад +42

      "do you have roblox installed?"
      "I refrain from answering anymore questions."

    • @kylechildress536
      @kylechildress536 5 лет назад +60

      For some reason I kept expecting him to eat a turkey sandwich.

    • @candywarmuth2455
      @candywarmuth2455 5 лет назад +8

      Do you have a heart? Brain? Soul?

    • @israco89
      @israco89 5 лет назад +8

      You know what the world research means?

  • @abbey3247
    @abbey3247 5 лет назад +2692

    "Lethal injection isn't about who they are - it's about who we are."
    you hit the nail on the head every time

    • @HeilRay
      @HeilRay 5 лет назад +14

      But most don’t care.
      What does that say?

    • @jaredzambelli2824
      @jaredzambelli2824 5 лет назад +21

      And yet he's okay with abortions (even late term). Regardless of your stance on either, he's being ridiculously inconsistent

    • @theFORZA66
      @theFORZA66 5 лет назад +16

      @@jaredzambelli2824 im for late term abortions and lethal injection
      Consistency 😎

    • @NishaWinchester
      @NishaWinchester 5 лет назад +100

      @@jaredzambelli2824 Except abortions ARE a medical procedure and the vast majority of late term abortions are done because something is either entirely unviable with the fetus (as in it is either already pretty much dead or it won't survive for more than a few days out of the womb, if you're lucky) or the health of the pregnant person is in danger.

    • @gta4everrr
      @gta4everrr 5 лет назад +83

      @@jaredzambelli2824 The thing about late term abortions is that they account for less than 1% of abortions and are only performed when absolutely necessary (for the health of the mother or the baby being born with a defect that severely limits their ability to survive outside of the whom past infancy). Although abortions are legal, medical professionals have the right to refuse performing them. No medical professional would perform a late term abortion because an irresponsible woman decided she didn't want to be a mother at the last minute. Please do research, find me a case where this has happened and prove me wrong. I'd love to see it.

  • @marinas.6612
    @marinas.6612 3 года назад +27

    It takes talent and a lot of empathy to understand how heavy this topic is and find a way to talk about it while still keeping it from getting too heavy for listeners. We need to be informed about this but its hard to listen to how horrible it is long enough to do so I applaud John Oliver and his writers for finding a way to do it.

  • @Tkieron
    @Tkieron 3 года назад +257

    The most humane death penalty is anesthesia. Supply enough anesthesia so the prisoner passes out then keep applying it until their heart stops. Humane, works without torturing the convicted and is lethal.
    However no anesthesiologist would do that. For obvious reasons.

    • @ariandynas
      @ariandynas 3 года назад +66

      And also as it turns out is actually *really* hard to do to a healthy person, and would require a downright Keith Moon level of drugs to do. Hardly cost effective - among its other issues. And all that assumes it 'goes right'.

    • @conors4430
      @conors4430 3 года назад +51

      Again, that also doesn’t get around the fact that how do you know without doubt that the person you’re killing is actually guilty. At least if you are in jail for life you can be released with new evidence, yes you can’t get your life back, but you haven’t been murdered by the state. America is one of those countries that spends more time working out nice pleasant ways to kill people rather than working out, why they have such a problem with fucking crime and homicide in the first place

    • @ariandynas
      @ariandynas 3 года назад +9

      @@conors4430 I believe he was playing devil's advocate here.

    • @ILuvAyeAye
      @ILuvAyeAye 3 года назад +14

      That would effectively kill most people quickly... But most isn't all. Human beings can be remarkably difficult to kill, and we don't respond reliably to medication. A firing squad is more reliable, but I'm sure if we use it enough times we will find a horrifying example of what a man can survive.
      Of course blood loss will always get you eventually. My dad came very close to dying from blood loss, he said that part was surprisingly peaceful. It's still a horrible and inhumane thing to do to a restrained human being.

    • @ellentheeducator
      @ellentheeducator 2 года назад +3

      Honestly, I disagree. As people pointed out, it won't always work, and definitely not quickly or smoothly. As the guy said, the guillotine is the closest to humane this practice can get. It's instant, painless, and cannot fail to kill.
      The only reason it's not done is as almost everyone involved in this episode said - it's all a show. We want to still kill people, but we want to pretend it can be some gentle, bloodless thing.

  • @StrayCatBard
    @StrayCatBard 5 лет назад +912

    That has to be the GREATEST lead-up to an ending joke I have ever seen.

    • @-gemberkoekje-5547
      @-gemberkoekje-5547 5 лет назад +8

      There's a stray cat here. We need to call animal control to catch this cat!

    • @StrayCatBard
      @StrayCatBard 5 лет назад +21

      @@-gemberkoekje-5547 "MA! There's a weird fucking stray cat outside! I don't want it starting a fight with Lucy!"

    • @graceddiegallagher
      @graceddiegallagher 5 лет назад +4

      Stray Cat MA AHHHHHHHH!

    • @imaginaryboy2000
      @imaginaryboy2000 5 лет назад +1

      NANI???

    • @-gemberkoekje-5547
      @-gemberkoekje-5547 5 лет назад +3

      @@StrayCatBard "It looks like grandma the focking thing!"

  • @IkomaTanomori
    @IkomaTanomori 5 лет назад +1967

    "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. For even the wise cannot see all ends." - Gandalf to Frodo, The Fellowship of the Ring

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 5 лет назад +41

      Oh, that made me emotional! I forgot about that!

    • @nicbarrax76
      @nicbarrax76 5 лет назад +61

      This was the comment I was looking for, even though I didn't know it until I saw it. Thank you!!!

    • @jdsteppenzyde
      @jdsteppenzyde 5 лет назад +16

      One of my all time favorite quotes. Thanks.

    • @Megha403
      @Megha403 5 лет назад +2

      Very apt.

    • @randomperson8571
      @randomperson8571 5 лет назад +44

      Um yeah so J. R. R. Tolkien had a lot figured out. Not everything, but a lot.

  • @averyn34
    @averyn34 2 года назад +48

    shaun did a really good video on the death penalty and I like the way he framed it. He framed it as "Lets assume that there are some crimes where killing someone is objectively the right thing to do, I'm not going to argue with you on that, lets just assume its true. The government still shouldn't be able to do it."

    • @Nimish204
      @Nimish204 2 года назад

      They can send you to war, but they can't kill the scum of Earth? Make it make sense

    • @averyn34
      @averyn34 2 года назад +1

      @@Nimish204 dont really need to make it make sense also two things can be wrong at once. Also "scum of the earth" is assuming alot. The justice system gets things wrong all the fucking time, literally all the fucking time, and sometimes they get it INSANELY wrong whether its police misconduct, investigation laziness, prosecutorial misconduct so on and so forth.
      The thing is, its cheaper for tax payers to not use the death penalty and if a man is exonerated you can release him from prison.
      If he's exonerated you cant bring him back from the dead.

    • @FlexedNoose
      @FlexedNoose Год назад +5

      The government should do it, but it should only be for the most morally reprehensible crimes.

    • @averyn34
      @averyn34 Год назад +7

      @@FlexedNoose and the burden of proof needs to be crazy high

    • @averyn34
      @averyn34 Год назад +13

      @BlackLivesMatter The level of evidence needs to be high, even a confession isnt great because police coerce confessions literally all the time.

  • @amandanicole3999
    @amandanicole3999 Год назад +13

    My dog got excited from that frogs noise lol 😂😂😂😂

  • @TrevorMerrillD
    @TrevorMerrillD 5 лет назад +953

    That 20 minute walk to the end of a punch line lol. Damn John.

    • @DoomChild31
      @DoomChild31 5 лет назад +13

      Yeah, he took a really long trip around that joke, but I think it made it better.

    • @nonamedpleb
      @nonamedpleb 5 лет назад +15

      yeah, the writing in this show is one of the best parts of it.

    • @erbgorre
      @erbgorre 5 лет назад +8

      @@nonamedpleb the irony of it directly following up game of thrones at this point ;D

    • @kealebogancube7111
      @kealebogancube7111 5 лет назад +7

      I know this was a serious, insightful topic but this is the best well structured piece of comedy i've seen this year so far!!!!

    • @1121494
      @1121494 5 лет назад

      Yeah, but doesn't it make the point evade Alabamans somehow though?

  • @colem631
    @colem631 5 лет назад +875

    John Oliver should turn the Desert Rain Frog into the official mascot of Last Week Tonight

    • @thewonderlander1372
      @thewonderlander1372 5 лет назад +8

      Chi john

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 5 лет назад +1

      Why not the parrot, since that's kind of what he looks like?

    • @randomperson8571
      @randomperson8571 5 лет назад +7

      Yes, since they had to give away Chii-John to that town in Japan

    • @somethingwithmusic9520
      @somethingwithmusic9520 5 лет назад +3

      John already declared the Red-Tailed Hawk as the official LWT animal. ruclips.net/video/uiN_-AEhTpk/видео.html

    • @colem631
      @colem631 5 лет назад

      @@somethingwithmusic9520 Oh, well shit

  • @jackmaniscalco7274
    @jackmaniscalco7274 Год назад +4

    Firing squad is easily the best method. Cost effective, quick and despite the pain of being shot, it certainly beats the torture of lethal injection.

  • @claudiasolomon1123
    @claudiasolomon1123 Год назад +8

    A 19 minute & 6 second long setup that ends with a fantastic 3 second punchline omg WOW❤ BRAVO!!

  • @luliby2309
    @luliby2309 5 лет назад +764

    I felt like one of those questions for that doctor should have just been...
    "Have you been involved in research?"

    • @salmaaziz9860
      @salmaaziz9860 5 лет назад +6

      john said he is not a medical doctor

    • @muhaoai4693
      @muhaoai4693 5 лет назад +25

      I'm pretty sure the person questioning was just being very specific. Those were all yes/no questions, and so there wasn't much room for spin.

    • @GoogleGebruiker
      @GoogleGebruiker 5 лет назад +2

      @@salmaaziz9860 doctors in pharmaceutical sciences do research.

    • @allgood2
      @allgood2 5 лет назад +5

      LOL! As they finished the questions, I was like, clearly, these questions should have been asked in reverse. Starting with the 'have you done or been involved in any anesthetic research?' should have been closer to the starting point. But admittedly, after all of that, I would have also asked, when, if ever, was the last time you were in a research lab?

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 5 лет назад +1

      I wonder if he and that weird senator got married?

  • @the_real_Kurt_Yarish
    @the_real_Kurt_Yarish 5 лет назад +769

    The subject of the episode aside, John was really popping in this one. He landed everything with just the right amount of energy and timing. Great episode.

    • @anonamous365
      @anonamous365 5 лет назад

      Propaganda at its finest

    • @HontounoShiramizu
      @HontounoShiramizu 5 лет назад

      With a small exception of ommiting the questions: Was Sodium Thiopental working as full anesthetic (the video seems to suggest so)? And if it was: who was the idiot who made using it illegal and for what reason?

    • @surveysays8335
      @surveysays8335 5 лет назад +1

      Are you on crack? Every single episode is the same. The same outbursts. Same profanities. The only thing missing here was some Trump attacks.

    • @nathanielmathews2617
      @nathanielmathews2617 5 лет назад +2

      @@surveysays8335 lol it uses a similar style of humor but it is far from having that be the case. His humor is based on a similar system most talk shows go with but specialized to him naturally.

    • @nathanielmathews2617
      @nathanielmathews2617 5 лет назад +2

      @@anonamous365 lol this isn't propaganda and it does say something that is very true. It is bullshit as it currently stands and if you use humane execution as a reason for supporting the death penalty, it is invalid upon scrutiny.

  • @300IQPrower
    @300IQPrower 2 года назад +39

    1. John Oliver’s “when GOT ends HBO is fcked” running gag really paid off in a way no one expected
    2. Jesus Not-A-Death-Penalty-Justification Christ this episode is horrific

  • @eliyafethsoto1309
    @eliyafethsoto1309 3 года назад +49

    Well this became relevant again. Rest in peace, Brandon Bernard.

    • @ILuvAyeAye
      @ILuvAyeAye 3 года назад +6

      I came here after another person's DNA was found on the weapon supposedly used by Ledell Lee to commit murder. He was put to death 4 years ago, insisting he was innocent.
      Sadly, I think this video is often relevant, if you live in the US.

    • @ChJuHu93
      @ChJuHu93 2 года назад

      @@ILuvAyeAye Well even with conservative estimations you usually exceed 1% of the executed to be innocent.

  • @weesalikesmilktea4829
    @weesalikesmilktea4829 5 лет назад +282

    The desert rain frog is now my favorite frog.

  • @Doctors_TARDIS
    @Doctors_TARDIS 5 лет назад +2292

    Going with the anti-incest stance when you have Game of Thrones as a lead-in. Bold move.

    • @vishishify
      @vishishify 5 лет назад +8

      I mean its not like GoT endorses incest

    • @joshwilner5622
      @joshwilner5622 5 лет назад +6

      @@seedlesswatermelon417 his leaving to kill Cersei

    • @seedlesswatermelon417
      @seedlesswatermelon417 5 лет назад +3

      @@joshwilner5622 haha yeah 30 minutes after i made that comment i saw some people talk about it and realized that he was gonna try to kill Cersei. Hell yeah!!!

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 5 лет назад +8

      Yeah, I lost all interest after that. Don't fuck your relatives, folks!

    • @cs82271
      @cs82271 5 лет назад +2

      Tf did incest come from? It's a joke for Alabama and even then it's relatively false

  • @WutTheFink
    @WutTheFink 3 года назад +14

    Imagine 100 years from now, people stumbling upon John's websites 😂

  • @pineconequeen6691
    @pineconequeen6691 3 года назад +8

    I just reread The Giver, and this reminds me of it more than I would like.

  • @Maac32
    @Maac32 5 лет назад +550

    I love how meta John can be about his own network. Even if it’s satirical

    • @rodrigovda
      @rodrigovda 5 лет назад

      To a non American, I don't understand, could you explain the joke? Isn't HBO this network? Why would it be "fucked" because of game of thrones?

    • @tibabalaseo2046
      @tibabalaseo2046 5 лет назад +1

      @@rodrigovda hey bud, GOT is their biggest show ever. When it's done, they might not have anything else to carry the network in terms of revenue/subscriptions/profit

  • @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen
    @YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen 4 года назад +1300

    "The fundamental fact to understand about lethal injection is it is a show. It is designed not to minimize the pain of people being executed, but to maximize the comfort of those who want to support the death penalty without confronting the reality of it."
    This is why IF we are to apply the death penalty, something like a firing squad or the guillotine actually are the best options. Not only would they minimize the pain (death is not only certain, but quick), they would also lay bare the violence and brutality of the act of execution.
    If that makes people too uneasy to continue the practice, ... then STOP it. If the only way you can bear to continue a practice is to look away from the realities of it, then maybe you shouldn't be doing it.

    • @deusvultpictures6550
      @deusvultpictures6550 4 года назад +10

      EMBRACE THE VIOLENCE YOU PUSSIES!

    • @tanszism
      @tanszism 4 года назад +21

      The guillotine isn't a good way. Decapitation was tested on rats, and brain activity continued for a few seconds. This would mean that you would still have thoughts after being decapitated, which isn't exactly humane. Firing squad, also a bit fucked. The best is crushing their brain stem, like you would with cattle. It ends brain activity in an instant

    • @orioneblanco477
      @orioneblanco477 4 года назад +82

      @@tanszism A few seconds of pain is infinitely more humane than 40 minutes of it.

    • @orioneblanco477
      @orioneblanco477 4 года назад +26

      @@tanszism A shot to the back of the head also ends brain activity in an instant.

    • @maxmustermann-zx9yq
      @maxmustermann-zx9yq 4 года назад +25

      @@tanszism the whole point of the first comment is that executions shouldnt be humain

  • @cameronmonaghan6883
    @cameronmonaghan6883 3 года назад +20

    Can we get a frog episode?
    I know there's A LOT to cover in the next season but it would be a fun episode.

  • @josephleatherbury7224
    @josephleatherbury7224 4 месяца назад +2

    WOW JOHN I LEARN SO MUCH FROM YOU AND ADDING THE HUMOR TO IT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER FOR THOSE WHO DON'T FULLY UNDERSTAND......YOU REALLY ARE ONE OF THE BEST THIANK YOU FOR BEING JOHN OLIVER.........😊

  • @AlexiLaiho227
    @AlexiLaiho227 4 года назад +2042

    THE ROMANS WERE THE BAD GUYS IN THAT STORY, LYNN

    • @apathyguy8338
      @apathyguy8338 4 года назад +38

      Also they have no evidence at all that Jesus was even real. Using the magical land of make believe to justify the death penalty is just wrong.

    • @blixer8384
      @blixer8384 4 года назад +40

      Apathy Guy That there does not exists evidence as to the Divinity of Jesus of Nazareth is not the same thing as Jesus of Nazareth does not exist.

    • @ulisesdominguez7540
      @ulisesdominguez7540 4 года назад +49

      @@apathyguy8338 actually it is historically incorrect to say Jesus didn't exist, and just as ignorant as saying Alexander the Great or Julius Caesar didn't exist. Just because you're not a Christian doesn't mean you have to resort to spreading around lies about it. Well, your name has the word apathy, so that explains why you don't care about historical truth.

    • @apathyguy8338
      @apathyguy8338 4 года назад +19

      @@ulisesdominguez7540 Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar have an overwhelming amount of contemporary evidence that denial of them is tantamount to claiming Lincoln didn't exist. Seeing as the Bible is a self contradictory mess written from oral tradition compiled between 60 and 200 years after his hypothetical death it can't be considered to be a historical document by anyone claiming to be rational. Why not use the Odyssey as historical proof of Sirens and witches. Add to that there's not a single piece of contemporary correlation has ever been discovered. You truly need to educate yourself on the facts without allowing your desired beliefs to take control of your cognition.

    • @apathyguy8338
      @apathyguy8338 4 года назад +8

      @@blixer8384 I never placed divinity in my statement and have no idea why you did. At the end of the day no evidence as to his existing has ever been found. Sure you can believe if you want and no one prove he didn't live but we have better evidence that Bigfoot is living in Montana than if Jesus was real.

  • @civ-fanboy2137
    @civ-fanboy2137 5 лет назад +1404

    I first thought, they make the poisen for the injection out of the frog.

    • @Shaleen61
      @Shaleen61 5 лет назад +63

      Yeah dude!!! Knowing John and how his episodes turn out, I thought he would say "as cute as their war cry may be, look how they are crushed to extract the poison".

    • @arrow_awsome
      @arrow_awsome 5 лет назад +3

      Same.

    • @LucanVaris
      @LucanVaris 5 лет назад +16

      Only if it's a gay frog.

    • @762x69
      @762x69 5 лет назад +7

      Mr. Grifter Alex Jones is that you? Lol

    • @BothHands1
      @BothHands1 5 лет назад +5

      Only if they want the prisoners to trip balls before their execution

  • @michelegyselinck5400
    @michelegyselinck5400 9 месяцев назад +7

    I was against the death penalty to begin with, and I have heard some horror stories about lethal injections, but this takes the cake.

  • @peterlongland6862
    @peterlongland6862 2 года назад +2

    I'm proud to be a Queenslander from Australia which was one of the first jurisdictions that banned capital punishment. No matter how you look at it killing is wrong and two wrongs never make a right. Even worse if an innocent person wrongfully convicted is executed, who should shoulder the blame?

  • @Tenlaven
    @Tenlaven 5 лет назад +449

    I watched this with my mom...
    Thanks John 😕

    • @AdamBechtol
      @AdamBechtol 5 лет назад +1

      😝

    • @freddys.8558
      @freddys.8558 5 лет назад +3

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Iason29
      @Iason29 5 лет назад +10

      @John O Dude..

    • @jasonm.3933
      @jasonm.3933 5 лет назад +15

      John O he did, despite the fact they don’t have much chemistry.

    • @midfielderftw
      @midfielderftw 5 лет назад +5

      Did you break your arm?

  • @denebkaitos7511
    @denebkaitos7511 4 года назад +474

    I wrote a college paper on this about a year ago and it was one of the most eye-opening things I've researched. The ineffectiveness, failure rate, and cost were mind-blowing when I first saw the stats.

    • @patdan123
      @patdan123 4 года назад +1

      Medical student ?

    • @denebkaitos7511
      @denebkaitos7511 4 года назад +7

      @@patdan123 Not at the moment, but I'm hoping to be able to get into a med school when I'm done with college.

    • @patdan123
      @patdan123 4 года назад +9

      @@denebkaitos7511 good on ya. I'm a third year in though. Good luck

    • @denebkaitos7511
      @denebkaitos7511 4 года назад +4

      @@patdan123 Thanks and good luck to you too.

    • @deusvultpictures6550
      @deusvultpictures6550 4 года назад

      Yes, lethal injection is a bad way to do it. Put them in front of a firing squad or under a guillotine - a bit messier but no chance of botching it.

  • @EternalYorkieMom
    @EternalYorkieMom 3 года назад +14

    I had medalazam (in addition to actual anesthetic drugs) for my ankle surgery. Medalazam made me sleepy and on it I remember brief flashes of going to the operating room. I remember my surgeon talking and me thinking “I’m not fully under” and then they gave me actual anesthesia

    • @nowandaround312
      @nowandaround312 Год назад

      Yeah, midazolam is given *before* anesthesia to help people relax and reduce their anxiety before surgery and it's also used for conscious sedation procedures. It won't put you to sleep, it won't relieve severe pain, and even the sedative effect will disappear if someone is paralyzed, suffocating and having fire injected into their veins

    • @Lapusso650
      @Lapusso650 Год назад

      @@nowandaround312 but you would be unable to wake up by the time the sedative wears off. And that’s because of the suffocation. So no suffering.

    • @Lapusso650
      @Lapusso650 Год назад

      They use a much higher dose for executions. So you to pass out

    • @nowandaround312
      @nowandaround312 Год назад +3

      ​@@Lapusso650 Either you completely misunderstood the entire video and our comments or you're pretending that you did. I'm guessing it's the latter but in case you really are confused I'll explain it again:
      *It's physically impossible for someone with a functioning brain to stay asleep while suffocating and experiencing severe pain unless they've been given general anesthesia.*
      Sedatives ARE NOT an anesthetic. General anesthesia causes a forced state of unconsciousness which shuts off your survival instinct and prevents your brain from responding to pain signals. Sedatives don't work that way. A very large dose of a sedative can make you drowsy enough to fall asleep, although that's very unlikely to happen when you know you're about to be executed but even if you do fall asleep at first you WILL wake back up as soon as the severe pain and asphyxia starts.

    • @Lapusso650
      @Lapusso650 Год назад

      @@nowandaround312 that is incorrect. Otherwise they wouldn't be using that drug. There have been multiple court cases about this.

  • @relaxationstation7634
    @relaxationstation7634 Год назад +5

    I remember watching this episode when it first came out - after this episode was over I was completely against capital punishment.

  • @jakob19982010
    @jakob19982010 5 лет назад +715

    The good shit to watch while breakfast.

    • @Smuffez
      @Smuffez 5 лет назад +4

      Oh yeah!

    • @jakob19982010
      @jakob19982010 5 лет назад +48

      @Alfredo Barragan 502 about 9am, Germany. Unemployed, so it's the perfect time for breakfast.

    • @oskarbondesson4936
      @oskarbondesson4936 5 лет назад +2

      same

    • @derdude3796
      @derdude3796 5 лет назад +6

      @@jakob19982010 me too technically. Well... Actually I'm writing my a-levels atm but my next exam is wednesday so atm I'm unemployed

    • @thomas.02
      @thomas.02 5 лет назад +7

      @@derdude3796 all the best in your exams!

  • @TaylorBlack0
    @TaylorBlack0 4 года назад +2336

    "It's not about who they are, it's about who we are." That is the most poignant statement from this show ever.

    • @Wesker10000
      @Wesker10000 4 года назад +32

      Yeah. Who we are. That prison he mentioned in this, that Lockett guy? He shot and buried a 19 year old girl alive. So what does it say about us if we treat such a person better than he ever did for his victim? What does it say about us if we coddle murderers who shatter families and bring pain for no reason to people's lives?
      Let's say if I hide a Nazi because I didn't want him to be executed for war crimes? You know what that makes me? A person with very sick ideas about justice.

    • @angrytom1923
      @angrytom1923 4 года назад +24

      @@Wesker10000 Exactly. There's a real good reason Oliver failed to mention the crimes of any of the death row inmates he talked about here. It makes it easier to sympathize with psychopaths and murderers.

    • @xiomara5147
      @xiomara5147 4 года назад +112

      Hogwire so he’s a monster and that justifies our turning into monsters to retaliate?!? If you think what he did is so bad why would you turn around and do the exact same thing? That makes NO sense! Personally, if I was kidnapped & enslaved & tortured for months then killed in a slow & painful way, I wouldn’t want any of my loved ones looking for revenge like that! For one thing it doesn’t undo anything- I would still be dead! My friends and family would still be sad. It wouldn’t ease their pain to know another person suffered my fate. I think it would only change my loved ones for the worst because I expect better from them than I do of monsters.

    • @Wesker10000
      @Wesker10000 4 года назад +22

      @@xiomara5147 I'm going to respond to all your points:
      1. Killing Lockett doesn't make me a monster, nor does it make me 'just like him.' Here's why: What Lockett did was wrong because he killed an INNOCENT YOUNG WOMAN. She did not deserve what happened to her. Murdering Lockett is not equal to murdering an innocent young girl, its simply giving him what he deserves. So yes, killing him for killing an innocent makes lots of sense.
      2. You have no idea you wouldn't want revenge. Even if that's the case you'd be dead. So you wouldn't 'want' anything. How would you want your family to treat this person who tortured you to death? Have him over for dinner?
      How do you know it wouldn't make them feel better? Have you ever had someone you love taken from you? I have. My father was killed when I was six years old. If I saw on the news that someone had raped and murdered the man who did it, you fucking bet that news would brighten my day.

    • @TimeOfSin
      @TimeOfSin 4 года назад +55

      @@Wesker10000 If 4% of them are supposed to be innocent it doesnt make us all that much different from your hypothetical killer. At least in 4% of casses.

  • @MorpheusOne
    @MorpheusOne 3 года назад +3

    Saying it for emphasis:
    Should never be operated for profit:
    1. Healthcare
    2. Prisons/Jails
    3. Education
    Corresponds exactly with:
    1. Life
    2. Liberty
    3. Pursuit of happiness

  • @zufalllx
    @zufalllx 2 года назад +5

    I think if a jury gives out the death penalty, it should be that jury who carries it out. Make then have the courage of their convictions.

    • @soldiaz7261
      @soldiaz7261 8 месяцев назад

      juries are the only people less qualified to do it, but judges and juries being expected to watch, id say. or just to see what they look like

  • @Earthstar_Review
    @Earthstar_Review 4 года назад +836

    "Have you been involved...in research?"

    • @randibgood
      @randibgood 4 года назад +29

      Yes, that would have been a time saver! No need to list all of those drugs individually.

    • @s.a.h.b5173
      @s.a.h.b5173 4 года назад +23

      NO....

    • @RobertMichael
      @RobertMichael 4 года назад +21

      “... No”

    • @lilsunflower9655
      @lilsunflower9655 3 года назад +23

      I think it’s to hit the point home. Then in court you can show that they admitted to not researching any of the drugs in question. In court the lawyer could argue “well you didn’t ask my client specifically about XYZ. He misunderstood the question.”

    • @amen_actually
      @amen_actually 3 года назад +4

      no❤️

  • @Torterra625
    @Torterra625 5 лет назад +366

    "True courage is not knowing when to take a life, but when it spare it."
    -A fucking awesome wizard.

    • @TonytheTono
      @TonytheTono 5 лет назад +52

      @cornskid firstly, friend, it's a quote. From Gandalf. You should have this argument with a fictional character instead.

    • @Torterra625
      @Torterra625 5 лет назад +40

      cornskid How about the courage not to give into the first base instinct to kill based on anger and hatred? The courage to want to be better than the people we convict? And maybe try and help them be better as opposed to just deeming all prisoners lost causes?

    • @Khwerz
      @Khwerz 5 лет назад

      Prison life is not much of a life

    • @Arthur-ul2dh
      @Arthur-ul2dh 5 лет назад

      ​@cornskid What is the definition of courage ? Maybe we don't understand it, explain, please.

    • @iwontliveinfear
      @iwontliveinfear 5 лет назад +1

      @@Khwerz that is kind of the point.

  • @Perfectpearl
    @Perfectpearl 3 года назад +26

    16:15
    “Guillotine? Cmon.”
    The only reason people don’t want the guillotine is because it makes the pro capital punishment proponents feel better about a “clean” execution.
    Smh16:37
    Hilarious

  • @taylormiracle14
    @taylormiracle14 3 месяца назад +2

    Four years later and wikileaksorwhatever is still up and running.

  • @JYeo22
    @JYeo22 5 лет назад +777

    "The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword" - Lord Eddard Stark

    • @pawnzrtasty
      @pawnzrtasty 5 лет назад +10

      No... George rr Martin wrote that and created the character

    • @jirobow
      @jirobow 5 лет назад +22

      @jocaguz18 unless you are a psychopath, I really doubt that.

    • @cyancyborg1477
      @cyancyborg1477 5 лет назад +13

      @@pawnzrtasty Can you chill out, man? You know what he meant.

    • @waves_under_stars
      @waves_under_stars 5 лет назад +5

      Some interesting bit of useless knowledge: the jewish bible describes a punishment (that was never used) given to children that are rebellious, useless, and only eat and drink (alcohol) all day. The parents would bring the child to the city elders, and then the child would be stoned to death in the city square. Anyway, Chazal decided that in any case this punishment would ever be administrated, the parents should be the ones to throw the first stone, and it wasn't used once in jewish history.

    • @themyopictimes1354
      @themyopictimes1354 5 лет назад

      @@waves_under_stars The "Jewish" bible? You mean the old testament? Which is also a cornerstone of the christian faith...

  • @MMiel-mv2pt
    @MMiel-mv2pt 5 лет назад +343

    "Lethal injection isn't about who they are, it's about who we are." - Best JO quote ever

    • @ZacksRockingLifestyle
      @ZacksRockingLifestyle 5 лет назад +4

      M. Miel
      But isn’t life imprisonment, or extended sentences (sentences meant to extend beyond how long a person could reasonably live, such as when people get 200 years for various combined crimes) just a realllllly slow death sentence?
      And how do you think most people serving life/extendeds die? They get sick, then suffer, and then die. It’s not very common for lifers to just die peacefully in their sleep or anything like that. Bodies should rot in the ground, not in a cell.

    • @TheZeroNeonix
      @TheZeroNeonix 5 лет назад +8

      @@ZacksRockingLifestyle - The same could be said of people living outside of prison. Most people do not die in their sleep. They get sick, they suffer while medical staff work to keep them alive, and then they suffocate. That doesn't mean we should just blow up the earth and get all our deaths over with.

    • @GibDozer1
      @GibDozer1 5 лет назад +1

      Really because I think it's bullshit. There is a difference between murder and punishment. It's an important distinction that John ignores here. Like covering how Lockett died but not the grisly details of his crime. He kidnapped, beat, and shot, a teenage girl before he buried her alive. He was a monster but we are bad people because he suffered when he paid for his crime...

    • @SaurabhKumar-uo6ms
      @SaurabhKumar-uo6ms 5 лет назад +2

      @@TheZeroNeonix what he meany was if death penalty is bad so is life sentence. how can you put human in cage for life? there should not be life sentence to anyone.

    • @Scorpion122178
      @Scorpion122178 5 лет назад +2

      @@GibDozer1 yeah when i looked that up I was kinda glad that he suffered as much as he did before he died.
      These people don't deserve sympathy. Or mercy. They're not even humans. At best rabid animals that need to be put down, at worse demons from the pits of hell made flesh.
      I'm never going to be moved by the "we're better than this" argument. Everyone is better off pointing out how innocent people are sentenced to death. That alone is the reason I support abolishing the death penalty.

  • @mdrafiqul2898
    @mdrafiqul2898 2 года назад

    The harshest truth is said in the funniest way! Brilliant!

  • @islandneni1829
    @islandneni1829 7 месяцев назад

    When hes being asked the questions i thought, but Dr have u ever tried marzipan?😅😂

  • @aGuyNamedJonas
    @aGuyNamedJonas 5 лет назад +690

    "This desert rain frog - it sounds like a dog's toy" - my dog immediately looks up to see where the squeaking comes from :D

    • @r3m221
      @r3m221 5 лет назад +21

      *squeaks in anger*
      STOP CALLING ME CUTE REEEEEEEEE I MAD

    • @johnbidochka2795
      @johnbidochka2795 5 лет назад +14

      What a frog!

    • @missjen9299
      @missjen9299 5 лет назад +6

      Same

    • @gretchenbaker7435
      @gretchenbaker7435 5 лет назад +4

      My cat is still looking for that frog

    • @neuralmute
      @neuralmute 5 лет назад +2

      @@gretchenbaker7435 So is mine! I can hear her, scratching and sniffing away under the bed... XD

  • @gangrenouslimb
    @gangrenouslimb 5 лет назад +641

    He made the best point right off the bat. 4% executed are eventually found to be innocent. The state executing one innocent person is already too many.

    • @GHustle4
      @GHustle4 5 лет назад +1

      if they were innocent then how the hell were they convicted and not have their case dismissed shortly after?? some cases have been proven to be incorrect I get that but come on man you wouldn't be there for no reason....

    • @Kokorisu
      @Kokorisu 5 лет назад +84

      @@GHustle4 Congratulations on spotting the massive problem.

    • @robertnett9793
      @robertnett9793 5 лет назад +48

      @@GHustle4 Hm. Sheriff wants to be judge, Deputy wants to be Sheriff - policy of the hard hand gets votes - so let us lead this poor bloke to sign a confession...
      Or more generally - if some terrible crime is commited, the only way to appease the public is to present a perpretator, convict and sentence him. It's secondary if the convicted one is the right one. That happens, if 'retaliation' becomes part of the legal process.

    • @kcallamajaji
      @kcallamajaji 5 лет назад +61

      @@GHustle4 You are kidding right? Do you know how many people confess to crimes they didn't commit? This targets black people most of all. They are lied to by the police, told if they confess, they'll get to go home faster. And this is just one of the MANY issues in our justice system. Yes, some people are put there for other reason than being in the wrong place at the wrong time, or looking "similar" to the actual criminal. 1 innocent person being killed by state should be enough of a reason for this not to happen.

    • @heliumphoenix
      @heliumphoenix 5 лет назад +37

      @@GHustle4 - Because our justice system rewards the prosecution for numbers of convictions. It rewards the enforcement personnel based on arrests. The system is stacked AGAINST the defendant. Being innocent is immaterial to the system. Exculpatory evidence is non-admissible in most cases (that's evidence that PROVES innocence.) There are stacks and stacks of cases of enforcement planting evidence and lying so they can arrest, and of prosecution suppressing evidence that would exonerate or lead a jury to a non-guilty verdict.
      The majority of such cases are NOT highly publicized. In fact, the media is often forbidden to reveal such details by court orders and laws, even if they get the information in the first place.
      Our justice system in the US is supposed to be based on the assumption of innocence, yet every thing that has been put in place since the late 1800s has eaten away at that assumption. Unbalanced funding which favors prosecution, laws which prevent the presenting and admissibility of exculpatory evidence, plea-bargaining, and more.
      The prosecution will do all kinds of things to extort a plea-bargain. It saves them having to actually go to trial, counts as a conviction, and the accused effectively loses most rights of appeal.
      You really should research what actually goes on in how the accused and convicted are treated in our justice system. It's quite reprehensible.

  • @ForeignFella
    @ForeignFella 3 года назад +1

    What an intro throwaway. Gold.

  • @walk-york
    @walk-york 4 месяца назад

    So happy to find that they still have this website

  • @crazywhales9874
    @crazywhales9874 5 лет назад +264

    Thank you, to the whole crew, for making a show that tackled this topic, and for being brutally honest along the way.

    • @GangsterGumbo
      @GangsterGumbo 5 лет назад

      Is taking someone off the street and locking them in a cage for years against their will wrong?
      Yes?
      Well then, we'd better not lock someone who locked someone in a cage in a cage.

    • @TacticsFanatic
      @TacticsFanatic 5 лет назад +1

      ...Except, of course, that they weren't honest. They omitted certain information that made their claims problematic. They didn't mention that the shift in what drugs are used in lethal injection drugs has been because of boycotts and public pressure put on manufacturers of drugs to get them to stop (See www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/04/27/supreme-court-death-penalty-case-focuses-on-lethal-injection-drug).
      They also overstate what the 4% study they quoted actually did, which was come up with a way to "estimate" what the innocent rate might be - specifically, their premise is "Because some people sentenced to death are exonerated on appeal BEFORE execution, there MUST be people who are are innocent but not exonerated." They make this as their premise but then dismiss the fact that NONE of the inmates in their sample were exonerated post-execution. See www.pnas.org/content/111/20/7230 for the study and check it out for yourself.
      Don't kid yourself. This is a comedy show plugging a view they think the majority of their audience wants to hear. You can be entertained, that's fine, and some of the points they make are valid... but don't think watching a comedy show will give you an honest understanding of an issue.

    • @crazywhales9874
      @crazywhales9874 5 лет назад

      @@TacticsFanatic Fair point. The study didn't say any innocent people had been executed. But I would argue that the fact that innocent people had still been sentenced to death (even if they didn't actually die) is frightful.

  • @ChrisSickinger
    @ChrisSickinger 5 лет назад +571

    I watched this with my mom. That wasn't awkward at all.

    • @Konayo_
      @Konayo_ 5 лет назад +34

      Do you agree with the reasons though?

    • @DragonZerul
      @DragonZerul 5 лет назад +3

      hahahahaha

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 5 лет назад +3

      Oh dear God!

    • @Laezar1
      @Laezar1 5 лет назад +32

      Well of course it's not awkward. I mean you wouldn't even think about fucking her right?
      Right?

    • @DeAthWaGer
      @DeAthWaGer 5 лет назад +34

      What position were you two doing?

  • @rvdb7363
    @rvdb7363 2 месяца назад +2

    Who else is here to rewatch parts 1 and 2 of what's now officially a death penalty trilogy?

  • @mikelxanadu
    @mikelxanadu 3 месяца назад +1

    As someone molested by their mother, the bizarre fixation the writers have with bringing back the “sex with mom checklist” joke four times in 15 minutes is legitimately unsettling.

  • @666tbird
    @666tbird 5 лет назад +451

    I could use a "Chiijohn meets the desert rain frog" segment right about now

    • @Jkstolz
      @Jkstolz 5 лет назад +1

      666tbird yess- much better lol

  • @AnnoyingMoose
    @AnnoyingMoose 5 лет назад +485

    "Papa needs a new pair of Jesus's!" This is one of those sentences that could only come from John Oliver.

  • @marne-leerossouw5639
    @marne-leerossouw5639 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the work you've done. I wish I knew all of this sooner.

  • @nemanjapavlovic6365
    @nemanjapavlovic6365 8 месяцев назад +2

    2023, can confirm that web page still works.

  • @maureenlippincott9528
    @maureenlippincott9528 5 лет назад +413

    OMG, the squeaking frog was beyond adorable!!

    • @bsr232
      @bsr232 5 лет назад +5

      Ya the rest of the video ain’t be like that man sorry

    • @HeilRay
      @HeilRay 5 лет назад +2

      Squeaky Pepe the frog.

    • @rain.enthusiast
      @rain.enthusiast 5 лет назад

      Honey, you got a big storm comin

    • @thomasdowney4390
      @thomasdowney4390 5 лет назад

      Maureen Lippincott I know!

    • @Rocketboy1313
      @Rocketboy1313 5 лет назад

      +

  • @PopoDelFuego
    @PopoDelFuego 5 лет назад +386

    To go from adorable Japanese mascots to the death penalty is a little bit of a 180°

    • @ilovefunnyamv2nd
      @ilovefunnyamv2nd 5 лет назад +44

      Thats why he smoothed it out by a super cute frog angry and ready for battle

    • @lnsflare1
      @lnsflare1 5 лет назад +6

      Not really. Hello Kitty would kill is all, if she could.

    • @CyberKirby
      @CyberKirby 5 лет назад +4

      Welcome to John Oliver.

    • @alynt9260
      @alynt9260 5 лет назад +1

      Well...did you know Japan still hangs people? ;)

    • @aliexpress96
      @aliexpress96 5 лет назад +2

      Last episode was shittiest and most boring ever

  • @murphyleigh6319
    @murphyleigh6319 2 года назад +6

    Every lethal injection proponent needs to watch the Star Trek: The Original Series episode "A Taste of Armageddon," and really internalize Jim Kirk's speech about the brutality of war and suffering and how monstrous we can become when we forget the reality of violence.

    • @geekgirl_luv4262
      @geekgirl_luv4262 Год назад

      YES. Star Trek has so many great philosophical episodes. There have been so many times when a moral issue will get brought up and my immediate thought is “oh hey, there was a Star Trek episode about that” lol

    • @BlueScarabGuy
      @BlueScarabGuy Год назад +1

      Honestly might be my favorite TOS episode, what a perfect mix of entertainment and moral.

  • @Low_violin
    @Low_violin 3 года назад +1

    Binge watching LWT to celebrate 3 more seasons!! 🤘🤘🤘

  • @AJBats
    @AJBats 5 лет назад +767

    Oh John my sweet summer child. It's Zootopia by a wide wide margin.

    • @Jansk1h
      @Jansk1h 5 лет назад +67

      Yeah, I mean come on. That cop bunny is HOT.

    • @AmericanAppleProd
      @AmericanAppleProd 5 лет назад +11

      Youre a furry

    • @catblimp7894
      @catblimp7894 5 лет назад +18

      Nick Wilde is sexy.

    • @love-hammer
      @love-hammer 5 лет назад +67

      I feel like they chose Monster's Inc just so people would disagree because they know how much rule34 Zootopia content is out there.

    • @anthonymacconnell8817
      @anthonymacconnell8817 5 лет назад +11

      Sully though

  • @ivanbo3217
    @ivanbo3217 5 лет назад +380

    I am so thankful for these uploads on youtube.

    • @LOSTGAM3R
      @LOSTGAM3R 5 лет назад

      Epic! I just gifted you some reddit gold!

  • @elizabethrich7045
    @elizabethrich7045 2 года назад

    Awesome. Great last line.

  • @kricklasalty-dg2ri
    @kricklasalty-dg2ri 6 месяцев назад +1

    Well said

  • @Blaze6108
    @Blaze6108 5 лет назад +42

    The collective "aaaw", when the frog first squeaked is incredibly cute in and of itself.

  • @hp2614
    @hp2614 5 лет назад +1890

    last week: chitaan
    this week: lethal injections 🤠🤙

    • @rcr257
      @rcr257 5 лет назад +5

      what about sad yeehaw

    • @ewestner
      @ewestner 5 лет назад +6

      Yeah, you could tell last week that this week was going to be something serious, but at least John Oliver can put a humorous, if disturbing, spin on it.

    • @reflex6907
      @reflex6907 5 лет назад +1

      Lmao

    • @Will-jk6nw
      @Will-jk6nw 5 лет назад +6

      That Chitaan episode though

    • @Wintermute01001
      @Wintermute01001 5 лет назад +3

      Exactly why I love this show

  • @haidengeary8277
    @haidengeary8277 2 года назад +9

    Id seriously feel 100% better about the death penalty if , those in favor of it, did not refer to it as "justice". Firstly, the person who was unjustly killed, is dead. Secondly, lets stop calling it "justice", when the entire point of putting the murders to death is all about revenge. Revenge is not "justice", again, because the one who actually died is dead. Its simply revenge, so lets call it what it is.

    • @youtubeuniversity3638
      @youtubeuniversity3638 8 месяцев назад +2

      They would sooner get penaltied themselves than admit distinction.

    • @spongeintheshoe
      @spongeintheshoe 6 месяцев назад +1

      But if they called it that, it’d be a lot harder to make it seem like a reasonable thing for society to do.

    • @tinfoilslacks3750
      @tinfoilslacks3750 3 месяца назад

      "Revenge is not justice"
      Justice is literally just when revenge is sanctioned by the state

  • @scottspencer6899
    @scottspencer6899 3 года назад +1

    The senator Lyn Hutchings is the political version of the villain from the movie unbreakable, "so many victims to find you".😂

  • @gd_godmarc8027
    @gd_godmarc8027 5 лет назад +2237

    Me: “mom can we stop for sodium thiopental”
    Mom: “we have sodium thiopental at home”
    Sodium thiopental at home
    “Madazalan”

    • @bobbybobberson3374
      @bobbybobberson3374 5 лет назад +23

      Sodium thiopental, is a barbiturate while Midazolam is a benzodiazepine; different drugs from different classes.

    • @Budmiren
      @Budmiren 4 года назад +7

      I lol’d 😂

    • @jkhtravelrn
      @jkhtravelrn 4 года назад +10

      Gd_ Godmarc you’re wrong. Midazolam is also known as Versed” pronounced ver-SED. It is used for conscious sedation in GI procedures like colonoscopies, as well as other procedures to make the patient comfortable and unable to recall the procedure. It is used in combination with Propofol, fentanyl, for instance, to sedate a patient being intubated for placement of a breathing tube because of lung issues, or a “Portacath” for a patient to receive chemotherapy, or other necessary medications.
      It’s a benzodiazepine, while Sodium thiopentithol is a barbiturate used primarily in the induction of sedation for surgery. Conscious sedation does not usually require an Anesthesiologist. Total sedation is controlled by an Anesthesiologist who also intubates the patient prior to the start of a surgery performed by other doctors. Try looking up a medication before commenting about it. It will help you with spelling the word, as well as sounding ignorant instead of witty, or whatever you’re going for. FYI

    • @ecezar7297
      @ecezar7297 4 года назад +4

      @@jkhtravelrn smh nerd, just laugh at the joke

    • @Elenrai
      @Elenrai 4 года назад +2

      @@jkhtravelrn ....no.

  • @dionysos7317
    @dionysos7317 5 лет назад +746

    Shouldnt the argument "Whoopsie, we might have just killed the son of god" be used against the death penalty?
    This really doesnt sound like a thing you want to do twice.

    • @jonathansanders5308
      @jonathansanders5308 5 лет назад +23

      If we did, wouldn't he just get back up again after a few days? if anything we should keep all the bodies around to see if any get back up. OK aside from how horrible my previous statement was I am currently against the death penalty due to cost and that we currently are at a 4% error rate.... should those two things change in the future I will reevaluate my stance.

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 5 лет назад +25

      Yes, but who said all Christians were sane? There's a reason I no longer believe in God.

    • @Anirossa
      @Anirossa 5 лет назад +23

      Religion really doesn't sound like a thing we would want to do twice x.x

    • @skjelm6363
      @skjelm6363 5 лет назад +5

      When they can't kill someone, they'll waste some kids and cover it up with their 'belief'

    • @jakethewoz
      @jakethewoz 5 лет назад +4

      Who would that persuade? The whole point of christianity is that he died for some people's sins. That's like the whole point.

  • @koboldhasasword9440
    @koboldhasasword9440 3 года назад +2

    Oh my god me and my dad literally had an unprompted conversation about how if we were to be exicuted we'd rather have the guillotine than injection

  • @elizabethburns-gundel1052
    @elizabethburns-gundel1052 Год назад +2

    Also, technically, the best birthday ever.

  • @ilsontfouscesromains
    @ilsontfouscesromains 5 лет назад +835

    I wonder how many website domains John Oliver has bought so far

    • @kylestubbs8867
      @kylestubbs8867 5 лет назад +27

      If you're keeping count, he mentions three of them in his video about Rudy Giuliani.

    • @MephLeo
      @MephLeo 5 лет назад +7

      Someone should do a tally of that.

    • @LMC_Jarred
      @LMC_Jarred 5 лет назад +3

      ​@@kyara7032 And now we wait for it to be updated with tonight's, lol.

    • @waleskatorres-toro
      @waleskatorres-toro 5 лет назад +1

      @@kyara7032 thanks 😄

    • @blar210
      @blar210 5 лет назад +4

      Ask HBO they probably have the receipts lol

  • @corahofmann5652
    @corahofmann5652 5 лет назад +284

    Last year I wrote a term paper about lethal injection in Texas after seeing your show about death penalty.
    Anyway I just want to thank you guys for all the research and time you put into every show. Keep up the amazing work
    Regards from Germany

    • @stefan-ls7yd
      @stefan-ls7yd 5 лет назад

      Cora Hofmann Grüße aus Deutschland zurück

    • @irgendeinname5871
      @irgendeinname5871 5 лет назад +1

      Mensch, noch mehr Leute aus Deutschland :D

    • @darksteve8371
      @darksteve8371 5 лет назад

      @@irgendeinname5871 Deutsche? Hier? Niemals!

    • @glazeliights7025
      @glazeliights7025 5 лет назад +1

      Grüße aus Österreich!

    • @BlackReshiram
      @BlackReshiram 5 лет назад +1

      Deutsche, oh ja!
      I agree with what you said though, Cora.

  • @trazyntheinfinitehereforur828
    @trazyntheinfinitehereforur828 3 года назад +1

    THAT is what I'd call one of the Longest waits for a budum tss I've ever had

  • @chathurasandakelum7641
    @chathurasandakelum7641 2 года назад

    Ironically this video have my favourite last words of LWT

  • @gemiemma
    @gemiemma 5 лет назад +1140

    I was honestly really sad they didnt talk about the desert rain frog 😭

    • @kvikram19
      @kvikram19 5 лет назад +41

      Reading the title I initially thought he was going to talk about how its venom was used for lethal injections.

    • @pabloorozco300
      @pabloorozco300 5 лет назад +1

      100th

    • @zoekelly9949
      @zoekelly9949 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah I had to look it up after. Too cute not to watch a video on.

    • @Vaprous
      @Vaprous 5 лет назад +10

      Here is five minutes of a desert rain frog making adorable war cries as a consolation prize.
      ruclips.net/video/qwKak-r74k8/видео.html

    • @orenthalsimpson
      @orenthalsimpson 5 лет назад

      Technically they did

  • @phscience797
    @phscience797 5 лет назад +290

    „Lethal injection [or execution in general for that matter] isn’t about who they [the prisoners] are, it’s about who we [the people] are.”
    I think this is the core of the debate. This is what we should be talking about.

    • @FC-dr5cm
      @FC-dr5cm 5 лет назад +26

      The Death penalty is revenge, not punishment.

    • @AlexAnder-rv1gu
      @AlexAnder-rv1gu 5 лет назад +4

      No, that's wrong. It's a punishment. Punishment is about the person receiving it, not the person(s) involved in doling it out. And just to clarify, this is who Clayton Lockett was:
      archive.is/20140501035701/docapp065p.doc.state.ok.us/servlet/page?_pageid=394&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&doc_num=206409&offender_book_id=98755
      Now that you've seen the clinical statements of fact of what he was convicted for, go read a few news articles detailing exactly how horrendous those acts were.

    • @Mnecrafter99
      @Mnecrafter99 5 лет назад +8

      F C I personally think Society as a whole deserves that “revenge” when it comes to certain High crimes. There’s something about killing the worst among us that we can PROVE without a shadow of a doubt did it, that gives the populace a sense of peace.

    • @FreedInPieces
      @FreedInPieces 5 лет назад +15

      @@AlexAnder-rv1gu Fair enough. What do you think it was that lead him to become the way he was? And do we meet brutality with more brutality? Murder is wrong, no matter who does it.

    • @FreedInPieces
      @FreedInPieces 5 лет назад +11

      @@Mnecrafter99 Does the revenge actually provide us with relief or a sense of well being? I don't get either of those things from any executions, and I don't want the revenge. I'd rather see people locked away to rot than to pay more to kill them, though actually both seem cruel to me.

  • @tannerhudson3382
    @tannerhudson3382 Год назад +13

    The way I see it, if there is any chance, whatsoever, that you may end up executing an innocent person, then the death penalty is off the table full stop. Now, because there is always a margin for error in conviction, that means the death penalty should be completely outlawed.

    • @shawncusack2066
      @shawncusack2066 10 месяцев назад +3

      There’s cases where I think it’s 100%, absolutely the thing to do, and the person is clearly guilty of what they did. The problem is, I don’t trust anyone in government to properly draw that line.

  • @Magnavox-1972
    @Magnavox-1972 2 года назад

    A one-year-old saying “THIS IS THE WORST BIRTHDAY I’VE EVER HAD!” is grammatically hilarious. XD

  • @PosthumanHeresy
    @PosthumanHeresy 5 лет назад +83

    That was one of the greatest setups to a punchline

  • @havan56
    @havan56 4 года назад +1473

    As bad as capital punishment is, the Guillotine really has proven to be one of the most humane methods.

    • @rcr257
      @rcr257 4 года назад +75

      What about the euthanasia coaster?

    • @MahraiZiller
      @MahraiZiller 4 года назад +220

      Really? Because experiments conducted during the white terror period in France determined that decapitated heads remain conscious for several minutes, with the eyes of the victims even noted to actually move with purpose and follow people moving around them.
      Not sure I’d class several minutes of consciousness as a severed head as “humane”.

    • @rcr257
      @rcr257 4 года назад +82

      @@MahraiZiller e u t h a n a s i a c o a s t e r

    • @MahraiZiller
      @MahraiZiller 4 года назад +14

      Eat the Rich toche 😉🤣

    • @BlackBanditXX
      @BlackBanditXX 4 года назад +50

      A pneumatic hammer to the back of the head works well for slaughterhouses. Quick and efficient.

  • @alienlordgamin5339
    @alienlordgamin5339 3 года назад

    I love that this website exists

  • @johayes7529
    @johayes7529 2 года назад +1

    Watching this in 2021 from Australia is just as wild as.. I'm a nurse and THE lack of knowledge associated with lethal injection there is horrifying.

  • @MaiAolei
    @MaiAolei 5 лет назад +1063

    To paraphrase Victor Hugo:
    "To pass an irreversible sentence it would take an infallible justice system."

    • @detectiveduck6608
      @detectiveduck6608 5 лет назад +6

      Is that the batman villian?

    • @1000niggawatt
      @1000niggawatt 5 лет назад +33

      this is the one and only argument here.
      i don't care if murderer dies paralyzed in intense agony. i do care if an innocent man dies.

    • @MaiAolei
      @MaiAolei 5 лет назад +23

      @@detectiveduck6608 No, he is the author of Les Miserables and Notre Dame de Paris (the basis for the Hunchback of Notre Dame)

    • @nasekiller
      @nasekiller 5 лет назад +20

      Most sentences are irreversible, you cant give back the years an innocent person has spent in prison.

    • @abelkommie
      @abelkommie 5 лет назад +17

      @TheWin200000 you can compensate for it though

  • @KirkwoodDonavin
    @KirkwoodDonavin 5 лет назад +396

    "...isn't about who they are. It's about who we are." Daaaaaang. *Snaps fingers*

    • @Lagastic
      @Lagastic 5 лет назад +9

      Hope you didn't have the glove on though.

    • @rouzbeakhlaghi3038
      @rouzbeakhlaghi3038 5 лет назад +8

      @@Lagastic It's a gauntlet! Gloves are what you wear when it's cold outside, not when you want to wield cosmic power!

    • @JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter
      @JazzyUnderscoreTrumpeter 5 лет назад +2

      Very portentous...it would look nice on a poster, but doesn't really say much or add anything constructive to the dialogue. At least that's how *_I_* see it...

    • @thorandil1
      @thorandil1 5 лет назад +1

      [SPOILER] ... and I... am... Olivman

    • @YuriDSC
      @YuriDSC 5 лет назад

      And I'm here clapping like a normal person :O

  • @HotSaucetimusPrime
    @HotSaucetimusPrime 3 месяца назад +1

    To those wondering that website is still up.

  • @Mrbuttboi
    @Mrbuttboi 3 года назад

    Yaaaaay! He actually bought the website and did that 😂😂😂