The White House says a botched execution of a death row inmate in Oklahoma fell short of the humane standards required when the death penalty is carried out.
Officials halted Clayton Lockett’s execution Tuesday when he convulsed violently and tried to lift his head after a doctor declared him unconscious. He later died of an apparent heart attack.
White House spokesman Jay Carney says President Barack Obama believes evidence shows the death penalty doesn’t effectively deter crime. But he says Obama believes some crimes are so heinous that the death penalty is merited. He says the crimes in Lockett’s case are indisputably heinous.
But Carney says the U.S. has a fundamental standard that the death penalty must be carried out humanely. He says everyone would recognize that this case fell short.
(AP)
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If obama had a son he’d look like clayton lockett.
If Obama had a son, he would be unlikely to commit murder.
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You really think that? I’d bet he’d be on drugs and probably rob from everyone and anyone before killing himself in an overdose.
Glad he suffered! Who cares? Aside for a bunch of weany whining uber liberals, that is.
Re comments 3 and 4: I believe you really mean everything you said. In your torah, where does it authorize the death penalty by torture?
Recent polls show that the United States doesn’t really follow the torah, in fact around 20% (and counting) of Americans are atheists.