Obama orders death penalty review

[smurfy]

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-27265443[/url]
[quote]US President Barack Obama plans to ask Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate problems surrounding the application of the death penalty.

The US leader's announcement comes just days after a botched execution in Oklahoma drew widespread attention.

Mr Obama called inmate Clayton Lockett's prolonged death earlier this week from an improperly delivered lethal injection "deeply troubling".

The president said he has conflicting feelings regarding the death penalty.

"This situation in Oklahoma I think just highlights some of the significant problems," Mr Obama told reporters.

Americans should "ask ourselves some difficult and profound questions around these issues", he added.

Mr Obama, trained as a lawyer, said the death penalty is warranted in some cases - including child and mass murder - but its application in the US is problematic.[/quote]

[Kirbyfactor]

10/10 - it's okay.

[TheMrFailz]

Tomarrows headline:

"Texas secedes from United states."

[smurfy]

Looks like it's happening

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[LoganIsAwesome]

[QUOTE=TheMrFailz;44712412]Tomarrows headline:

"Obama orders abolishing of the death penalty: South secedes from United states. US mobilizes"[/QUOTE]

Fixed

[Zillamaster55]

So long as scum like murderers or child rapists can lament in a hell for the rest of their lives, than I can give a pass to a removal of the death penalty.

[BrickInTheHead]

[quote]Prison officials in Oklahoma inserted lethal drugs into Lockett's groin after failing to find a vein elsewhere.

They took 51 minutes to find a suitable vein and did not realise the one they chose in his groin had collapsed.
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[EmperorScorpious]

[quote]Mr Obama, trained as a lawyer, said the death penalty is warranted in some cases - including child and mass murder - but its application in the US is problematic.[/quote]

Any progress is better than none, I suppose.

[Hamaflavian]

Don't get your hopes up for Obama abolishing the death penalty, or even really trying to.

[Lazzars]

[QUOTE=LoganIsAwesome;44712433][QUOTE=TheMrFailz;44712412]Tomarrows headline:

"Obama orders abolishing of the death penalty: South secedes from United states. US mobilizes"[/QUOTE]

Fixed[/QUOTE]

Could you imagine that? The first civil war was over owning people and the second would be about killing people, nuanced American politics.