Rick Perry was commenting on the botched execution that took place in oklahoma
this was the executioner Clayton locket
and the whole execution took about 40 minutes and at one point after the
injected him with the first injection
on he was struggling I he look like he was in a lot of pain in fact even said
oh man
it was such a difficult thing to watch the at the war the curtain so
viewers would be able to see any more a bit and later on authorities said that
they had issues with his Bain and it wasn't an issue with the injection
now I should know that European drugmakers were originally giving us the
execution drugs
but then later they decided to stop giving us those drugs because it there
objection to the death penalty
now state but still do executions refused to
have any transparency as to where they're getting their injection drugs
from
up so that's a bit of an issue and a lot of people are
concerned about execution falls under cruel and unusual punishment
now Rick Perry was on NBC's Meet the Press and
during that interview he was asked about the botched execution
and here's what he had to say this inhumane I don't know what it was
inhumane or not but it was botched
and I hope that not only how the governor the legislature
course will look at the process in oklahoma you don't even wanna see even
even some a committed to hang out on you don't want to see the government
responsible for forcing a heart attack as they could inject
their upper level drug there there's a I'm way to deal with this and obviously
something went terribly wrong use their
is it appropriate for a pause in our national
discussion application the death penalty the president talking about bias uneven
application
soul searching questions that he'd like the country to take you agree why I
there may be a appropriate for a pause in oklahoma but here's for
the president I disagree are he all too often
whether it's on health care whether it's on education or whether it's on this
issue
how states deal with the death telling he looks for a one-size-fits-all
solution
censure to Washington DC and I will suggest you that's one of the problems
we have in this country were very diverse
country I and allow the states on these issues that aren't addressed directly by
the Constitution
to come up with the solutions so texas' executed
500 people since 1976 Texas is the leading state when it comes to
executions and so parry is not going to back down
from I his defense up the death penalty
but it is important to note the number of people that have been exonerated
up because up DNA evidence proving their innocence the Innocence Project covers
this on a regular basis
it's important to note the number of people that were surveying
sentences where they were supposed to get executed but that all the time
gonna get life sentences because they fought in court in the real-life hey you
know what
there there might be some evidence indicating that hey this this person did
not commit the crime
so that's a really big problem but parry doesn't ever talk about my day he talks
about humane
humane execution I made it an art a moron talking about an oxymoron
and and it its its really
its it's an offensive conversation the CNN's
talk about the criticize the president for this and we're talking about a
botched execution these are the things
and david broder whatever you think them in suggesting
appalls which would be all light thing for prepared to say yes to
I is this I mean most to the country is taking a pause on this
and and a lot of states just don't do it all because it is it
at its core the most inhumane then that a society can do
that I shouldn't be on the gurney in my opinion in the first place and and that
is why why do I think that because I think it goes against
are Christian nation should be feeling good because it sends the wrong message
to everyone involved right people forget that
there's a like in when torture happens the reason why you're against torture
morally and known because what it does to the person being tortured
but because it degrades humanity in general especially the person doing the
torturing
it dropped their personal the solar Bowl change
afterwards and the same thing with upstate murder which is what this is
rightly take someone and you murdered them
and their defense was to stop you and what that teaches people use bosley
telling people
hear the person who solve the problem using by what's we're gonna show them
that
wrong by solving this problem using violence soul reinforces that very thing
you're trying to get rid of unused society which is violence
the reinforces a nifty say it's a deterrent which is what the people
who are in favor of the death penalty say well the studies also show it's not
a deterrent that it does anyone that's certainly not in this country
now and even when we had these these hangings in the middle in town
the people everyone to come come out to it didn't deter that didn't deter then
it in this country yes in saudi arabia it is deterred crime
it is deterred murder that is a homogeneous society it's a totally
different model than our model
and and when a crisis point exactly there's the it
it is it is state-sponsored murder and and and Rick Perry is sitting there
defending it
then likening it to health care saying you know the president tries to get
everybody in a few more you know something I know I know
to build on the great and everything is I mean obviously the politicians so he's
gonna be political
but how they take such a serious issue and twisted to meet their political
agenda
just makes me sick to my stomach I mean especially when we live in a country
where we pretend as if there's some sort of just as we have
%uh you know teacup innocent until proven guilty model right
but that's not the case I mean we have so many different factors that play a
role in to whether or not someone gets convicted of a crime
whether or not their money then money plays a huge role so it goes beyond the
death penalty
when it comes to sentencing in mandatory minimums there's such a lack of justice
in our justice system
it's maddening so I want to have a real discussion about
more than that the price yet there is a real that the other day and people have
those real discussion
but you have a governor of the state talking about
how this as his usual is wrong because it was botch but it still should happen
min botched execution or not that the that's just one example this is the
tiniest example
apply capital punishment is inhumane there's no humane way to kill some thats
inhumane
up three reasons why what Rick Perry said was disgusting what
he's killed more people right at any other offer create an appeal
taxes are proud of it not only do I mean yes obviously the majority of their
people in Texas but don't agree with him but it's a very popular stance to have
in taxes yeah
he was the first first thing was bet exactly that that he's killed more
people the second thing was he killed an innocent person
that he appointed a committee to investigate found out that he was
innocent will kill them
and the third thing I forgot I for yeah I love it
okay and i said im County right what I do for you
yeah
how are your bill Donahue a while ago at a pub in 10 to 15 years ago made a big
push publicly
same people gonna have executions the state killing criminals
we should do it live on television get news like what's wrong with that guy
will the reason why you want to do that it was like well why don't we
do in public I we're in Paris tomorrow night criminal justice system
why should we administer justice in secret by nasa
are we a shame that also included a deterrent them but more people to get
let me say it
right to how we're hanging that'll be barbaric if not barbaric we do it in
private behind glass
and we have curtains that we can call Ben it's not me then it's humane
but if we do it on television you what it what kind about human being are you
while it we're trying to expose what's wrong with this it feeds into
the human need for a vengeance it although there is all about vengeance
it's not about
a you know being a deterrent we have evidence proving that that's not the
case
and people will often say I you know you have read the comments sections on the
internet with stories like this and people always say
why do you care what happened this guy the girl he care he killed he didn't
care about
that's not the point you don't become immorally as surely as the person the
worst person in society
to try to do it right be at punishment or Jim you try you try do I maintain a
standard
on humanity whichever makes our society better
so that's that's the reason that those people who say that it just like how
dome are you we are you don't learn more and then it's not about what this person
did
it's about who we are is this is it. the same argument John McCain made about
torture
and and the third thing is that we are third world
because the yep how that would be number three that North Korea
a random who will still kill their own citizens