🇺🇸 Politics of Death Row | Fault Lines
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2024
- With the US continuing to execute prisoners, Fault Lines presenter Josh Rushing looks at the politics driving capital punishment in the US.
Eighty per cent of the executions the US carries out occur in a handful of states in the South - where it is popular for politicians to run "tough on crime" campaigns.
Fault Lines travels to Oklahoma -- which executes more prisoners per capita than any other state in the country. Josh Rushing gained rare access to Oklahoma's death row and the prisoners there.
But across the US, there is a slow, but significant shift in America's attitude towards the death penalty.
DNA testing and, in some states, a willingness by judges and prosecutors to revisit old capital cases have led to many well-publicised exonerations of death row inmates.
Since 1973 over 130 innocent people have been released from death row after establishing their innocence. The possibility of getting it wrong may have made juries nervous to hand out the death penalty ... preferring life without parole.
And while the US is still very much pro-death for capital offences, that support has dropped to 65 per cent in 2006, down from 80 per cent in 1994.
People and organizations featured in this film include: Edith Shoals, Michael Selsor, Carol Anderson, Frank Keating, Richard Dieter, Jim Fowler, Constance Johnson, Greg Whilhoit, Commissioner Justin Jones, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Death Penalty Information Center, Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
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The mom made me cry. They washed her hair and gave her a bath. Im glad she was cared for. God bless you.
Yeah!? That part of the video was a real "tear jerker
it broke my heart when she said the wash her hair n gave her a bath I couldn't imagine to loose a child ... pay for your crime death penalty
It makes me sad that he thinks only guilty people go to court...
I'm glad he opened his big, Ignorant, trap! He asks the dirty prosecutor's if they did it! ....lol He's the corrupt, POS. That got the innocent person convicted!!!! Wow! They must go to hundreds of meetings thanks to DNA, that set the innocent people free! The very filthy, sketchiest, corrupt, prosecutor's that sent innocent people away for 30 years! And sent innocent people to death Row to be killed!!!! They couldn't sink any lower! 😔 Sad Country! 21 Century!!! USA! 2018.....💔 Burning people alive! " A Civilized society that legally Murders people everyday!!! That cold hearted Governor should be on Death Row!!!! It's Absolutely appalling to know that 3RD. World Country's say we are evil and Barbaric monsters! Unfortunately they are right! 😥
William Matteo > he’s a serial killer!
A man in my hometown was convicted of killing a 6 year old girl. He swore he didn't do it. It made huge headlines and the prosecutor made a name for himself with this case . The man served 24 years in jail. Someone looked more deeply into the case and used the latest forensics and proved that the accused man did NOT kill the little girl. The person who did do the killing was found shortly after the new forensics were used. We do not have the death penalty here. Can you imagine what you would say to this man`s family if there son had been put to death for a crime he did not commit .There is always a prosecutor who wants to make a name for himself in a highly publicized case.
I agree, I'm from NY, thank God! We have better sense then to have.the death penalty! It don't deter no one, from killing, especially in the do states! The Bible thumping! I knew someone that was executed in TX Huntsville, Come to find out the prosecuted wanted his conviction so bad that he hid vital evidence and threaten the girls mom that had a drug problem with taking her baby from her! So she lied! Some yrs later the truth came out! Texas killed an innocent boy! We were shocked to hear that nothing was done to the prosecutor! Watch Zero! I believe he still works there! His mom or his family never even got an apology! It was just covered up! Swear under the carpet! As if it was no big deal! They simply made it go away! I'm proud to be a Yankee! 💪💜👍 They are all about killing! They don't care if our guilty or innocent! They talk about God! In reality, their all abo💸ut hate and vengeance! No thanks! Keep your Southern hospitality! 👆 Huh...??? "LeagalMurder. Mom.. €👆😴💉😠 👧💉👮 What Next? 🎅💉 You can't iun ring a 🔕 Bell... ⚡⚡⚡🔌
Death penalty MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED SLIGHTLY. The court, the jury must be sure 150% he/she committed the crime. BETTER RELEASE A CRIMINAL IN ABSENCE OF PROOFS THAN SENTENCE TO DEATH AN INNOCENT PERSON!!!⚖️⚖️⚖️⚖️
S.L.S see America is quick to judge we eat h too many movies
That is my opinion, too! In Germany we abolished death penalty on 23may49 🇩🇪!
@Ramlall Singh com on you don't think they have not Killed an Innocent person yet?? People with no family no $$ for a good Defense there has been Innocent put to Death
holy crap that guy actually said that people dont go to court unless theyve done something... its unfortunate that someone in power cant accept that many innocent people get convicted
Rachael Leggett maybe a few but not many on death row. It is a very thorough investigation and trial before sentencing in the courts.
@gail handschuh "a very thorough investigation and trial", hahahahahahah!!!
Light Work far more scary is that the men exonerated could some day be turned loose on society. To kill again because counter to what they claim most killers will do it again !!
@@gailhandschuh1138 I see your lengthy investigation & raise you Greg Wilhoit. Or Timothy Evans. Or Kirk Bloodsworth. Or Ray Krone. Or any of the other 200 to have been cleared following conviction.
As an example: when DNA came into play inside the courts and the innocence project came along, HOW MANY ppl on DR were exonerated, thank God, before their sentences were carried out? All those ppl included in the above reference went to court and THEN spent either years or decades in prison for something they didn't do. And what does the state do once their free? Nothing if they can help it. If the prisoner sues he may get a few hundred thousand or a few million but that's not worth 30 yrs of my life and the label of murderer for the rest of it.
Amy Fabian DNA exenorations get life without parole in most cases , this is the norm.
@@gailhandschuh1138 ' DNA exonerations get life without parole in most cases..' Do you even know what the word exoneration means? It means to officially discharge from blame, to clear from any involvement in a crime or to acquit. Are you suggesting that totally innocent people are given life without parole? My take on it is the vast majority of exonerated prisoners are set free and compensated.
Not to mention the PTSD of being on death row in the first place
the death penalty is an absolute must. criminals have no place in our society. they need to go.
Um... if you think about it, we are ALL on death row...
Homicide is when you kill an innocent person, but if a person is found guilty of a crime and is sentenced to death, it is not a homicide but JUSTICE!!!!
The death penalty is revenge not justice!
ratti80 Plan and simple.
ratti80 right,right
Because there is no justice for the victim probably? The murderer took the most valuable thing a person would ever own, and that is his/her life.
Yeah...I’m ok with it.
Who gets the death penalty when an innocent person gets puts to death, it has to go both ways if you believe in the death penalty
The death penalty does nothing for the victims family. All it does is give the offenders family the same feeling of losing a loved one.
Alex Struk Rape the rapists, murder the murders, drug the drug dealers, steal from the thieves. Merica.
Kenneth Erikson It is very sad for both sides, families and perpetrators. I am incline to support the death penalty, however, I must be careful. I am very vulnerable and potentially applicable to me, because if someone hurt my family, not only and will support their execution but will neutralize as many family members of his family as I can.
Osvaldo Baez Oh, so you'd kill their family members? So if your brother killed somebody, you'd be okay with a family member of the victim killing you?
Veoozo, yes, I will try to kill as many as I can. Yes, I complete understand if they want to retaliate against me if I kill of them. Ask me a difficult one.....
Yes and the fact they have killed the wrong people
Families of murder victims SHOULD get to decide whether a murderer gets the death penalty. Can't say for sure what I would choose in that position, but it would be nice to have the choice. The death penalty should be humane and pain-free, however. Torture is never okay. Can't get the right drugs to end a life peacefully and quickly? Then you don't proceed until you can.
These killers should suffer intense pain before they die so they know exactly how their victims felt.
My cousin was beat, raped & stabbed over 27 times and left nude in a cold wet ditch...she was only 21,They use Sodium Thiopental plus the two other drugs or Phenobarbital injection and these inmates just go to sleep.I’m sure my cousin would have loved been to put her to sleep before she went through all of that torment,pain and hell...Why does everyone have compassion for these inmates and have no compassion for the victims? I will be at my cousins killer's execution.,Life in Prison HELL NO!
i think if even 1 innocent person dies every 100 years that is a reason to not use capital punishment.
if your brother was executed even though he was innocent you would not sing the same tune.
Starting at 22:20 you can hear heavy but slow breathing in the background until the end of the video. What is that about???
If someone were to kill Keating he would never send anyone's loved ones to die again. Just something to think about.
Wow. Just got that. Actually makes sense!
They didn't get forced to kill people,they knew they were doing wrong.At least they get a fair trail,something their victims never got.
For all i care,murderers can rot in hell.
Fatal injection is a peacefull way to die,tho they deserve to die in a more cruel way,we grant them to go to sleep peacefully.
Are we inhuman?
I believe not.
How these people die says a lot more about us than it says about them. Are we going to be sadistic killers of victims who are rendered defenceless?
How bout the killer that kills someone cuz someone sexually abused their child do they deserve to die. I feel there are reasons why some lose it and kill out of a killing of a loved one or other heinous crimes
I think its irony that this man so upset that his child was excuted but hes not up there fighting for the lifes his son destroyed! He doesnt like the laws but hes not fighting for better laws to protect the one hes son so kindly destroyed. His son unfortunately played a game and lost.
Exactly, I'd bet he'd feel different if his son was one of the ones murdered. I really don't find putting them on this show was an effective argument against. What parent's going to say 'yeah, execute my kid'? Get real.
There ARE cases where an innocent was NEARLY executed - key word being NEARLY. This just shows to me that the appeals process works
But what about all those where it didn't work...
I think someone spending the rest of their life behind bars is worse than the death penalty. More so the younger they are.
YOU PAYING?
That’s actually not true. 90% of death row inmates will fight to avoid execution
"How do you put a value on life when we kill just at random, all the time with our death penalty system?"
After his son robs and murders 3 people!
Exactly. It's easy to speak out and be against it when it's your loved one that's being executed. It'd be rare for them to be for it. I'd rather see someone interviewed that doesn't gain anything by them not executing someone. Not ' yeah my son murdered three people but the death penalty's bad and there's no closure'. Sorry, not buying it.
fakewebid the D Is not a random decision made by the courts it is proscribed by law for certain offenses.
@@OpiumBride And you'd be against the death penalty if your son, daughter, father, mother, brother or sister faced it. lol!
Doesn't take away from his point that it is random. Two people can commit the same crime and one will get life another death. It's random and inconsistent.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind a tooth for a tooth means you need more false teeth.
It only makes the whole world blind if everyone keeps taking eyes! The Bible verse that saying is based on means that the punishment should fit the crime. If you steal you shouldn't die, but if you kill then you should.
good mini-documentary!
The one concern that the death penalty addresses, and none of the anti - death people will say is that society has no fear that the convicted will get out and do it again.
Not to mention that inmates murder each other behind bars or even order murders. The death penalty prevents murderers from murdering again.
when is capital punishment going to stop when people stop commiting murder
and the reason he feels it's ok for him to kill? I missed that part. these folks have some nerve having issue with the death penalty. u can't even take these murders serious with that..
My uncle was murdered and had his murderer been caught he would have been eligible for the death penalty. I loved my uncle, but someone else being murdered wouldn't bring him back or heal my wounds. I forgive the person who did it and would beg the state to spare his life,
That's your personal choice. That doesn't mean everyone would feel the same way.
Excellent documentry!
4:20 lmaooo the way they kind of just fade out that’s guy’s rambling and start a voice over that’s like, “Dan’s had a lot of time to think about it” 😂
'I can forgive, but I don't oppose the death penalty' - is that forgiving?
Forgiving someone doesn’t mean they get to avoid their punishment.
The reason people easily approve of the death penalty is because they think they are immune to it, as consciously they think they wont hurt anyone, so it serves them more to execute people who do. But what they don't realize is normal people like them can make bad choices. We have life sentence imprisonment, it is not an excuse to say that you want someone to be executed because you dont want them to do any more harm.
Exactly! And think about all the innocent people put in death row and eventually executed. Would be fun to see them sitting in death row innocent and see what they think about the death penalty.
reiwell del so your assumption that all human beings given the right set of circumstances would kill someone for profit, rape and murder children coming home from school? Wow just wow. Either you are exceptionally naive or just I don't know, not leaving in reality. I get yeah eye eye makes you blind. And we might execute innocent people. But you know what I have particular insider knowledge of how the death penalty is prescribed in Louisiana where I went to law at SULC. But in the idea that every man or woman is a raving psychopath along the likes of ted bundy is highly simplistic. While your assertion that some are prone to moments of what LRAC describes heat of blood. That's manslaughter not murder. So by your assumption you have proven your inept but also dangerously uneducated view on capital punishment.
*ineptitude
Lee Irwin you took my one comment completely out of context. You must be an idiot. I said the reason people approve of death penalty is because they think they'll never be in the end of one. That was all I had to say about that. The main point was ignorant people like you are so scared of things that they don't understand, kill it quick! Kill it with fire! I never said it's ok for people to do criminal activity nor keep them in the streets, it's the death penalty more than prison penalty is what I'm talking about.
Now since you wanted to debate the topic, yes given the right circumstances people can behave a certain way. It's been a couple years now that the gene responsible for criminal violence has been pin pointed, not to say if you have this gene you will be a criminal, but given the right or should I say wrong environment, triggers the behaviour.
You're the one who doesn't know reality, do some research and some thinking instead of being a sheep.
reiwell del that whole post makes no sense. Most people like me know we won't. Because it's always all about choices. No is immune if they commit crime and that's there sentence
Three boys killed my son, they were never caught, but if they were I would not want them killed. Locked up forever but not killed....my child took his last breath in my arms and nothing will change that
People should get punished the same way they punished their victims only if it is a reasonable doubt they did the crime
NO to death penality.
2:36 stops right there! an eye for an eye!........
makes the whole world blind.
George Dawson shut up
Brittany Ortiz Then why do you Americans kill to show that killing is wrong?
SINGAPORE also practice CAPITAL PUNISHMENT!
wonderful doc
In Singapore we have mandatory death penalties for a number of drug trafficking offences, and the punishment for such acts are clearly stated on the immigration card every foreigner has to fill in when entering singapore, often, it is announced on most singapore-bound flights, as such, no one can claim ignorance on the severity of the crime they commit, as such, these individuals deserve to die. People who bring drugs into the community or kill or illegally discharge a firearm causes more harm to society than what is superficially observed, and as such we hang them, we send a message to the community. The Death Penalty is here to protect the citizens, it is when people flaunt the law and disregard its consequences will the consequences befall them. For any reasonable, law-abiding citizen, there is no need to fear the death penalty. No government wants to perform such an act, but when the safety, security and social well-being of its citizens are compromised, it is left with no choice but to defend them and deter any future acts of such. There is also no consensus among the international community on the abolition of the death penalty, even the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights provides that the death sentence "may be imposed only for the most serious crimes". It is also because of our strict enforcement of the mandatory death penalty that crime rates have remained incredibly low in Singapore, the United States would do well to follow suit.
Instead of killing them just let them rot
Who's heavy breathing?
This is a hard topic I don’t Condone killings or murder if a individual murders another individual what type of punishment is suitable for him or her if the state only gives out life sentences maybe the murders won’t be scared to murder someone because they will only get life but if the state has a death Penalty it may deter people from killing one another
The governor of Oklahoma believes that anyone accused of a crime must be guilty. So why bother with a trial?
lmfao "murdering someone who murders someone, where does it stop??"....lmfao it stops when you murder the murderer
keaton thinks that your presence in court indicates your guilt. sweet jesus this guy is scary
They don't feel pain while they're executed. They lose their consciousness, then die, painlessly. I do agree however that people who have tortured and murdered someone should get a little taste of it on their own. Not the same, because that would mean WE are animals as well, not only them. Just a taste of what they suffered. And if such a system would be implemented, only those who tortured should feel the pain. You don't torture someone who killed someone instantly with a shot to the head.
If I mess up bad enough at my job I get fired, if they get it wrong they have already been reelected to a higher position and therefore are not accountable. Name one, just one prosecutor that has been sentenced to jail or even sued when they got it wrong. They go on to be judges and senators and such.
I am from Texas, where the death penalty is exercised. I can understand people's opposition to a human being taking another human's life, which is why I do not support abortion. Can someone tell me the difference?
“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” -Gandhi
I like this, never heard it, thanks!
Ohhhhh, tough guy on a computer
al jazeera has the best reporting.
That former Oklahoma governor is full of BS for not everyone who goes to court is in court because they've done something. Some are falsely accused of crimes they did NOT commit and about the death penalty. Extremely strict national guidelines should be put into place if we are to keep it in this country. I'm not saying it should be abolished, for there are some cases where it's warranted but the fact is some innocent people are put to death in this land of ours. When one innocent person dies by execution, that's one to many. WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL AS TO THE PARAMETERS USED IN THE IMPLANTATION OF SUCH SANCTIONS....
People you ever hear of 2 WRONGS >>DONOT MAKE A RIGHT ?
17:40 "Nobody goes to court because they're accused of a crime they didn't commit".. That's from a judge.. Presumption of innocence doesn't apply in Oklahoma?
In really wish that European countries with a history of mass executions and genocide need to stay out of US justice. Knowing that the murdered can’t ever do it ggain is a relief to the victims families.
If a dog attacks me I won't think twice about bashing it's head in. Same with cold hearted murderers...
These executions are a must. I feel sorry for the innocent people who end up here but for the convicted killers they need to feel the pain.
SuperDelta000 there's no pain. They die peacefully!
You don't think the gov't should have that much power, but you thought you should!.
When you were 20, you are a different person than when you are 45.
Every human deserves a shot at redemption.
We are ALL on death row... so... but most aren't in jail. People who aren't in jail, their death row is dying peacefully (sometimes) and ones who are in jail, theirs are injections. So...
So how do people on death row die
+Craftastic it depends. most often, lethal injection. other times, the do electric chair, gas chamber, or they even still do hangings.
+JoJoDoesStuff sp00k1
+JoJoDoesStuff The gas chamber was ruled unconstitutional here years ago. The electric chair has become obsolete, and only a couple of states have hanging as an option, and that is if you were sentenced before a certain time. It is pretty much all lethal injection in the US now.
100% RIGHT AND CORRECT
I double DARE anyone who reads this to tell me that those States with DP are ANY safer than the ones without?, please enlighten me. I say if anyone is found guilty without the slightest of doubts, let them rot in prison instead.
No more death penalty!
The death penalty is unconstitutional and should be banned
keep in mind, innocent people serving life imprisonment don't have the appeals process that helps innocent people on death row
I think it's funny how Timothy McVeigh only spent six years on death row but we have other inmates pendant 10 20 years even 30 years
He wanted to get it over so he told them to do it quickly
He was executed by the Federal Government, so that's a probably a prominent reason.
Think about the logic of the death penalty it really is the easy way out . Prison is much worse plus i don't think there is anything worse the wrongful convictions for these cases plus it ends up costing even more then a life sentence due to the appeals/court
For it's not that the death penalty is cruel or wrong it's that it does't work in preventing crime/murder and it's expensive and some innocent people are murdered.
I love Texas/South cause we don't tolerate BS. i met a group of guys that were going to commit an armed robbery but they read a billboard on the way there that said *Texas Death Penalty* and they turned around and went home cause it made them think what they were about to do and they come to our office im a Federal Agent/USCG, and told us all about it now they live an honest life and go around talking to kids about it and why you shouldn't screw around. im in Alaska now but i miss the south
I found this very interesting But the only thing I have to say is that no matter what they have done once executed if the end up in prison graveyard they should never put unknown on the plaque
Those that say the death penalty is not a deterrent are sadly mistaken. How many executed prisoners been a repeat offender? Life is precious and when someone robs you of it their life is forfeit. Innocent life trumps that of the lives of murders and rapist.
There are times the law knows without a doubt that the person is guilty as in the Chris Watts case. They should not permit the victims family to have any say. It should be carried out regardless. In the Watts case it was the mother in law being a Roman Catholic that spared him. She did not justice to her family.
Boo Hoo so sad. That father only made excuses for his son. Did that father feel just as bad for the child and family his son so callously murdered? He is so upset that his good for nothing son was put to death for murder. I wonder how that father would feel if his son was murdered?
2:30 "when does it stop"
Lethal injection, if an effective anesthetic was used [Sodium Pentathol or Fentanyl] is used isn't torture. Midazolam, that too often stop working and prisoner feel self suffocating and veins burned with feels like volcano lava flow through your veins till your heart stops. Rerplace Lethal injection with gilloteen or execution style executions for capitol punishment for no more torture.
Watch "making a murderer" says it all there
good docu. but narrator needs to slow his pace! had to repeat some parts where the story was rushed in narration. and some things could use elaboration.. like the whole case of mark..
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone....
There should be no death penalty. Whoever kills them turns into killers themselves. What they need is prayer, and help. Not death.
Very few people in life will ever be on the death penalty... Why? Very people are willing to commit the kind of crime necessary to be sentenced to death! When they're truly guilty with REAL evidence, I have on sympathy. There are some crimes I believe, that should result in the person who committed it being put to death.
Any state or country that has the death penalty is sick
Agree bro
Nobody has the right to take the life of anyone
+Ciara Clarke I don't believe that is true.
That's right, only me.
It's retarded, say what you want. If you believe in a "higher power", you're directly autistic.
+Kasper Vestergaard .That "higher power" is Jesus and he has ALL POWER.
Kasper Vestergaard That's unfair to autistic people.
Murder and killing are not at all the same thing. I wish people would educate themselves before commenting. First off, I am against the DP, but for different reasons than most. When a person breaks into a house and kills everyone inside, that is murder. When that same person is strapped to a gurney and put to sleep, that is not murder, it is justifiable homicide. Does that make it right? Harder to say, and I'm not hear to debate that. I'm simply looking for an intelligent discussion.
And 60k a year goes to that prisoner. America is killing itself from the inside with the amount of non violent drug abusers they lock up. People dont understand that 20-40 year olds are 60k a year for one person. 100k+ a year for someone 50-99 let them out when they become elderly with routine checkups like parole.....
The condemned man says the govt or state shouldn't have right to put someone to death. Well, who or what gave him the right or power to kill someone?
As human being we need to help each other to be better and from that we learn the right way to live. How can this be resolved by killing someone who killed someone? Heck, even open all the prison doors, sure many people will die at first but you will see the numbers go down and down as we find harmony.
after watching the video, I guess it's true that people who are for the penalty have made this type of punishment into such a spectacle and felt that there is no certainty need of justice which is why they want the condemned to be put to death
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Again we can how stupid people are and even more how ignorant people are. Would fear the execution of the innocent, well yes, but as much as not killing the guilty, wtf? These people are crazy. Welcome to the world of insanity. Good however to see that there are at least a few sane Americans, that makes me to not yet give up on the country. If I lost a beloved one, maybe I'd go insane and ask for irrational things. But I also I would want reasonable people to both help and get me back on track.
Eye for an eye
"a eye for a eye makes the world blind" is a load of BS. If 2 people with 2 eyes fight and 1 stabs the other in the right eye and the other takes revenge and stabs the persons left eye their not blind they both have 1 eye..
Alexis Hood And then one of their relatives stabs their attackers other eye and so on.
Tom Withey So we turn into cyclops's but we still aint blind :p
Eventually it will go cyclical and then we end up with everyone blind.
The death penalty is the best penalty.
An eye for an eye? We don't rape rapists. Governments should at the very least try/pretend to have better principles than their worst criminals. If we're driven by our feelings, however justified, rather than logic and principles, the future is indeed bleak. And anyway, if you want retribution, life without the possibility of parole is essentially a living death and probably far worse in terms of punishment than a relatively quick death.
First of all I think America is a great country. I just can’t understand why they insist on having the death penalty!! Mistakes have been made and innocent people have been executed. I’m proud to be British we abolished the death penalty years ago! It’s not a deterrent. Surely if you put someone to death is that not murder!!
Yup.
Eye for an eye...
Makes the world blind
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What does he say at 5:10? "Bittic countries" "Bittikk" "Bitti"?
So happy I live in a Country where our Government does not believe in the death penalty
Many people who've had a near death experience describe a life review in which you feel and experience the things you've done to others. I would not like to go through that if I were a state governor or other person who presided over dozens of death penalties.Nor would I be able to live with myself. Imprisoning these offenders for life is just as effective at taking criminals off the streets.
good documentary as of yet dont know if im for or against the death penalty
Al Jazeera...Why don't you make a documentary about how hands are chopped off for stealing & men are "publicly" beheaded immediately after being sentenced for rape &/or murder in Saudi Arabia?
An eye for an eye if it goes on by ordinary citizens, leaves everyone blind.
That's why the law and the State's elected officials must take the ultimate responsibility to execute the law in a humane and legal manner.
If the majority of the people didn't want it, it wouldn't be there on the Statute books.
2 wrongs don't make a right
I thought the state of Oklahoma was part of the Western region of the United States not the Southern region.
mayena The southern region is considered to be from West Virginia, to Florida, then west to Texas. That includes Oklahoma.