THIS
IS A STORY ABOUT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED IN 2015.
THERE WAS AN
EXECUTION OF A PRISONER ON DEATH
ROW AND THEY WENT TO USED THE THIRD IN THE THREE DRUG COMBO
THAT ACTUALLY CARRIES OUT THE DEATH OF THE INMATE, AND THEY
CHECKED ON THE VIAL FOR THAT LAST ONE AND FOUND THAT IT WAS
THE WRONG FILE AND ACCORDING TO ROSS STORY AND THE GRINS JURY
REPORT THAT JUST CAME OUT, HERE'S WHAT A LAWYER IN THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE DID.
GOVERNOR JERRY MARY FALLOWS GENERAL
COUNSEL STEVE MULLINS ISSUED INSTRUCTION STATING THAT
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE AND POTASSIUM
ACETATE WERE BASICALLY ONE AND THE SAME DRUG BEFORE ADVISING
THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
GOOGLE IT.
HE SAID THEN TO GO FORTH WITH THE EXECUTION, NOT
BECAUSE THEY WERE ACCORDING TO HIS CURSORY GOOGLE SEARCH THE
RIGHT DRUG, BUT BECAUSE HE SAID IT WOULD LOOK BAD FOR THE STAY
OF OKLAHOMA BECAUSE POTASSIUM ACETATE HAD ALREADY BEEN USED IN
CHARLES WARNER'S EXECUTION FROM
BEFORE.
DON'T GO THROUGH WITH IT BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME DRUG,
EVEN THOUGH I AM NOT REMOTELY QUALIFIED AS A LAWYER TO MAKE
THAT CALL, BUT BECAUSE WE ALREADY MADE THAT MISTAKE, SO
LET'S COVERED UP BY GOING THERE
WITH THAT.
SINCE THEN, THREE RESIGNATIONS HAVE TAKE CAN PLACE.
STEVE MULLEN WHO IS THE COUNSELOR, ANITA TRAMMELL
AND ROBERT PATTON, THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
SURVEYS REPORT.
LUCKILY BEFORE THE EXECUTION OF RICHARD BLOSSOM WAS CARRIED
OUT, IT WAS FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS IN FACT THE WRONG DRUG,
SO THE SECOND EXECUTION DID NOT GO THROUGH AND THEY DID ISSUE
A STAY BUT IT TOOK THIS LONG TO FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED.
AND THIS IS IT.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE ANYBODY'S SELF-INTEREST.
IS MY CAREER, I
DO WANT TO IMPEDE MY CAREER EVEN A LITTLE BIT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS
ABOUT EXECUTING A HUMAN BEING.
HE SAID BASICALLY ONE IN THE
SAME DRUG, IF YOU ARE SAYING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TALK ABOUT
AND DELL TALK OUT IS BASICALLY THE SAME TACO, OKAY.
THAT'S
FAIR THAT I MIGHT NOT AGREE BUT I GET IT.
WHEN YOU ARE ABOUT TO
EXECUTE SOMEONE, AND YOU ARE NOT SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT DRUG AND
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT DRUG THEY MIGHT BE IN TREMENDOUS PAIN
AND IT MIGHT NOT WORK, YOU DON'T GO IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME DRUG.
BUT BY THE WAY I'M NOT SURE SO GOOGLE IT.
IF YOU HAVE TO
GOOGLE SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING
RIGHT MEDICALLY AND YOU WERE NOT
A DOCTOR, AND WHAT YOU ARE GOOGLING ABOUT IS KILLING
SOMEBODY, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
THAT IS WHAT
AN EXECUTION IS.
PROBABLY NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO GO.
PROBABLY
CONSULT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS ACTUALLY DOCTOR AND KNOWS THESE
DRUGS OR SCIENTISTS, AND A LAWYER WHO CAN MAKE THIS
DECISION AND DOING THE RIGHT
PROCESS INSTEAD OF SAYING WHERE THE KILL THAT GUY.
JUST GOOGLE
IT.
I COULD GOOGLE A LOT OF THINGS ARE ABOUT TO KILL SOMEONE.
WHY DON'T WE CHOP THE HEADS OFF BECAUSE THAT WORKS.
WHY DON'T WE CHOP THEIR HEADS OFF AND WHY DON'T WE
ADMINISTER THESE DRUGS BEHIND CURTAINS WHERE NO ONE CAN
SEE TAX WHAT WE DO THOSE TWO THINGS?
TO SHADE OURSELVES FROM OUR OWN UGLIEST UGLINESS BECAUSE WE
DON'T WANT TO SEE WHAT WE'RE REALLY DOING THAT WE WANT TO
PRETEND LIKE THIS IS SOME KIND OF MEDICAL PROCEDURE WHICH IT IS
IN.
IT'S BRUTAL AND GROSS AND BARBARIC DIETS KILLING AN
UNARMED HUMAN BEING FOR
VENGEANCE.
WE KNOW THAT THE DEATH PENALTY DOES NOT TO TURN
CRIME.
IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING BUT PROVIDE VENGEANCE THAT WERE
KILLING SOMEONE.
WHY DO WE CUT THEIR HEADS OFF LIKE ISIS DOES?
BECAUSE WERE BETTER.
WE PUT IT BEHIND CURTAINS AND THEN WE
INJECT DRUGS THAT MAY KILL THEM MAY NOT, MAY JUST MESS THEM UP
REALLY BAD, MAY CAUSE A LOT OF PAIN.
MI MAKE THEM GO
UNCONSCIOUS AND NOT BE OF THE
BREATHE RIGHT.
WERE BARBARIANS.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS AND IT'S KILLING PEOPLE.
BY THE WAY, IT IS POOR PEOPLE.
WE ARE KILLING POOR PEOPLE WITH BAD LEGAL REPRESENTATION
AND BASIC IF HE IS ANYTHING SINCE O.J.
SIMPSON TRIAL IS THAT WE LIKE TO KILL A LOT OF POOR PEOPLE
ON SHOULD THE EVIDENCE.
I AM A BARBARIAN, AND I WAS PRO-DEATH PENALTY, BUT I
SWITCHED OVER AND I AM AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY.
NOW BECAUSE
I AM LESS BARBARIC BUT BECAUSE WE WERE KILLING THE WRONG
PEOPLE.
WE HAVE PROVED THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
DOZENS OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE ON DEATH ROW WE HAVE SAID WHOOPS, WE DON'T LIKE
TO DO THAT.
THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT LIKE TO ADMIT THAT THEY MADE
A MISTAKE.
THEY DON'T EVEN WANT TO ADMIT THAT WE USE THE RIGHT
CHEMICAL TO KILL THAT GUY THAT HE'S ARTY DEAD BUT IT WOULD HER
MY CAREER LITTLE BIT.
NONETHELESS, THE GOVERNMENTS OF
MANY DIFFERENT STATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAY WE ARE
ABOUT TO EXECUTE THE WRONG
GUY,Ö.
UNFORTUNATELY HE'S AN ASCENT THAT WHO SAYS I DO MINE
KILLING THE WRONG PERSON.
I KNOW A PERCENTAGE IN A HIGH
PERCENTAGE MUCH HIGH THAN WE EXPECTED OUR INNOCENT, BUT LET'S
KILL THEM ANYWAY.
YOU'RE USING THE RIGHT JOB, THE WRONG DRUG,
IT IS GOING TO YOU CAUSE MORE
PAIN, IT'S KIND OCCURRED IN ANYWAY.
IF WE WERE DEFINITELY THAT WE HAD THE WRONG GUY ñ THE RIGHT
GUY WOULD YOU BE FOR CHOPPING
HIS HEAD OFTENTIMES SCORED.
NO
WHAT YOU SAID WAS PERFECT.
YOU CANNOT HAVE A DISCUSSION.
YOU CANNOT EVEN HAVE THE ARGUMENT OR DISCUSSION ABOUT IF
YOU ARE LYING TO YOURSELVES AND THINKING THIS IS NOT PRETTY
MUCH, I MEAN, IT'S A DIFFERENT WAY CHOPPING SOMEONE'S HEADS
OFF.
I VERY MUCH AGREE WITH THAT, BUT FOR ME I'M A VERY
VENGEFUL PERSON AND I WOULD SAY YES, KILL THEM DIE IF THEY DID
IT, KILL THEM.
I KNOW IT IS JUST TRYING TO MAKE ME FEEL
BETTER AND I FOR THE SAME REASON, I DON'T WHEN HE KILL THE
WRONG PERSON, SO THAT WOULD DRIVE MY DECISION MORE.
BUT I
WOULD BE DYING TO MYSELF IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT PERSON WHO
KILLED THAT PERSON IN THIS WAY, WE SHOULD KILL THEM IN THE EXACT
SAME WAY AND I DON'T CARE ABOUT BEING THOUGHT ABOUT THE
BETTER PERSON IN THE SITUATION OR RISING ABOVE IT.
JIMMY HAS MADE IT A LITTLE BIT OF A DEVASTATING POINT.
DAMMIT, JIMMY.
I'M DEFINITELY A LITTLE VENGEFUL.
I CARE A LOT ABOUT
JUSTICE AND IN THIS DAY AND AGE IT MEANS YOU ARE MORE LIKELY TO
BE LIBERAL OR PROGRESSIVE BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH
INJUSTICE AGAINST THE MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR.
THE SYSTEM IS
RIGGED.
I DON'T LIKE INJUSTICE AND THAT'S WHY I BRIEFLY WORKED
IN A PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
THIS GUY KILLED
THAT WOMAN.
THAT'S HORRIBLE, AND I FEEL LIKE I EMPATHIZE WITH
THAT AS IF IT IS MY FAMILY MEMBER THAT WAS KILLED.
I WANT
TO GET JUSTICE FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
THAT IS MY WHOLE BREW OF IM
WITH THE DEATH PENALTY.
YOU KILLED HER HUNDRED PERCENT.
THEN OFF YOU GO.
I WILL GO AS
FAR AS SAYING THAT IF WE DID ENOUGH, DID YOU THERE DEFINITELY
WOULD BE DETERRENCE.
YOU WOULD SAY THEN YOU ARE GOING TO KILL
MORE PEOPLE DOUBLE IF YOU TELL ME THAT YOU ARE HUNDRED PERCENT
WERE PEOPLE THAT THE RIGHT GUYS THAT I WAS A YES.
THE
DEVASTATING POINT YOU MADE IS THAT IT DEFINITELY MAKES ME
UNCOMFORTABLE IF THAT WE ARE CHOPPING THEIR HEADS UP AT THE
REALITY IS THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE.
WHEN ISIS SAYS
SHOULD WE USE ASSAULT OR MACHETE, IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME
THING.
WE GO SHOULD WE USE
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE OR POTASSIUM ACETATE, IT'S BASICALLY THE
SAME DIFFERENCE.
THE GUY THEY USE THE WRONG DRUG ON AS FIRST SAID ALOUD
AS HE WAS DYING, MY BODY IS ON FIRE.
THE JESUS CHRIST.
WHO KNOWS, AND THE CONCLUSION IN THE THINGS I READ ARE LIKE WE
DON'T REALLY KNOW IF HE FELT THAT AND SAID IT OR IF HE KNEW
HE WAS SAYING.
I THINK OUR INSTINCT IS TO BE LIKE, GO TO
SLEEP AND WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING WE ARE WILL KILL YOU SO
YOU DON'T FEEL OR WATCH THIS THING FALLING ON YOUR HEAD.
YOU
DON'T HAVE NERVE ENDINGS FIRING
IN YOUR SEVERED CRANIUM.
HERE IS ONE MORE POINT THAT I LIKE TO MAKE WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT THIS IS THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO MURDER MURDERERS,
WHY DO WE RAPE RAPIST.
JESUS CHRIST, I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT EITHER.
I HAVEN'T INSTINCT AND I WOULD BE LYING IF I DENIED IT TO
BE LIKE, DO RIGHT BACK TO THOSE JERKS WHAT THEY DID.
BUT THE
OTHER REASONS THAT YOU LISTED ARE THE ONES RATES LIKE THERE IS
NO WORLD IN WHICH I AM 100% CERTAIN THAT EVERYONE KILLED ON
DEATH ROW DID IT.
GOT DAMN YOU JIMMY AND YOUR POINTS.
IF SOMEONE RAPE SOMEONE
I LOVE, I WOULD BE SO ANGRY AND UNBELIEVABLY FURIOUS I COULD
ALMOST SEE IN A LAWLESS
SITUATION I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO THEM DIE MIGHT KILL THEM.
BUT I WOULDN'T RAPE THEM.
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT A RAPIST.
THAT'S A YOU HAVE TO BE SICK TO RAPE SOMEONE, BUT MURDERING
SOMEONE WHICH EVERYONE THINK IS WORSE THAN RAPE, SOMEHOW WERE
ALL WILLING TO DO THAT BECAUSE SOMEHOW THAT IS GLORIFIED.
THAT IS OKAY.
THERE IS A CERTAIN KIND OF INHUMANITY THAT WE ARE OKAY
WITH BUT ANOTHER CERTAIN KIND ñ
ANOTHER REASON WHY TWO, IF THE JUDGE GOES GUILTY, RAPE THEM.
THAT WOULD BE THE SHORTEST LIGHT OF THE WORLD FOR THAT JOB.
BUT THERE IS A LINE FOR MURDERING PEOPLE IN JAIL.
THAT IS WEIRD.
LIMITER AT YOU FOR A 2ND.
IT'S THE SAME REASON WHY WE
DON'T TORTURE PEOPLE.
IT'S NOT
BECAUSE MAYBE IT WOULD WORK AWAY WOODEN DIETS BECAUSE OF DO TO US
DIETS NOT ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO IN DARK PLACES WHERE THERE
SOMEONE LOOKING.
WE DON'T TORTURE NOT BECAUSE OF ISIS BUT
IN SPITE OF THEM, BUT BECAUSE OF THEM DIETS BECAUSE OF WHO WE ARE
AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE TO SHOW.
WE HAVE TO EITHER VALUE
LIFE OR WE DON'T.
WE EITHER THINK VIOLENCE IS A WAY TO SOLVE
OUR PROBLEMS OR WE DON'T THAT WINDOW, CITY BOMBING HAPPENED
BILL CLINTON GAVE A SPEECH AND HE SAID WE'RE GOING TO SEEK THE
DEATH PENALTY AND HE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE IRONY.
HE SAID WE HAVE
TO IN THIS CASE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SEND THE MESSAGE THAT
VIOLENCE IS NOT THE WAY TO SOLVE
PROBLEMS.
EXCEPT IT IS.
WE GIVE THIS GETS A FRANTIC MESSAGE TO OUR CULTURE AND
NOW WE ARE EMBRACING VIOLENCE AS AN ANSWER TO OUR PROBLEMS
ANY SEE HOW VIOLENT OUR CULTURE IS NOW.
NOW WE'VE GIVEN IMPUNITY TO POLICE AND NOW WE MILITARIZE
OUR COUNTRY THAT WHATEVER WE DO TO PEOPLE OVERSEAS WE ARE
GOING TO DO IT TO OURSELVES AND WE ARE DOING IT TO OURSELVES.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO STOP VIOLENCE AND WE HAVE TO
HAVE RESPECT FOR LIFE.
THAT SHOULD BE THE BASIS.
RESPECT LIFE AND PUTTING SOMEONE IN PRISON FOR THEIR LIFE IS
JUST AS DAMAGING, IN FACT, KILLING THEM IS PROBABLY
MERCIFUL IN A SENSE.
WE DON'T WANT TO KILL THEM AND WE DON'T WANT TO CHOP THEIR
HEADS OFF IN TOWN SQUARE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE
HORRIBLE HUMAN BEINGS THAT WE ARE WHO DO THAT.