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People who have a conscience. youre killing somebody. and theres no denying that. and especially when we know that several people have been declared innocent with the new scientific techniques, and were not real sure if the individual were executing this evening or next week is really guilty. and that in itself, that kind of doubt. the other thing most of us know all the research which indicates that capital punishment does not deter. and it seems so illogical to say to the public we do not want...

He had bad legal representation in the trial that got him the death penalty. but here, again, theres no basic question about his guilt. is the justice of the death penalty fundamentally about the goodness or badness of the person who is to be killed? is it about their guilt or innocence? or is it an intrinsic question about whether or not the governments that we build for ourselves are governments that should kill prisoners? to the extent that killing prisoners is one of the jobs we ask of state...

And thats because of who we are, not who they are. vice president dick cheney, of course, argued the opposite. vice president cheney argued and continues to argue that torture is justified, that it shouldnt even be called torture because of who the united states did it to. >> youve heard endlessly about waterboarding. it happened to three terrorists. to call this a program of torture is to libel the dedicated professionals who have saved american lives and to cast terrorists and murderers as inn...

In the trial that got him the death penalty. but here, again, theres no basic question about his guilt. is the justice of the death penalty fundamentally about the goodness or badness of the person who is to be killed? is it about their guilt or innocence? or is it an intrinsic question about whether or not the governments that we build for ourselves are governments that should kill prisoners? to the extent that killing prisoners is one of the jobs we ask of state government employees, its not a...

And most of the victims families that i talked with, they thought they were going to get a lot of relief or closure from the execution. and in most cases they did not. >> dr. allen ault, former warden from the georgia prison where troy davis was executed last night, former state commissioner of corrections in georgia and in colorado and mississippi, sir, i feel like your perspective on this, its not only invaluable to us in terms of covering this, but your decision to write to corrections offici...

Are, not who they are. vice president dick cheney, of course, argued the opposite. vice president cheney argued and continues to argue that torture is justified, that it shouldnt even be called torture because of who the united states did it to. >> youve heard endlessly about waterboarding. it happened to three terrorists. to call this a program of torture is to libel the dedicated professionals who have saved american lives and to cast terrorists and murderers as innocent victims. >> is it not ...

Youre killing somebody. and theres no denying that. and especially when we know that several people have been declared innocent with the new scientific techniques, and were not real sure if the individual were executing this evening or next week is really guilty. and that in itself, that kind of doubt. the other thing most of us know all the research which indicates that capital punishment does not deter. and it seems so illogical to say to the public we do not want you to kill, and to demonstra...

Testimony was used to convict him have reportedly recanted. three of the jurors who convicted him say now that they would not have voted to convict if theyd known then what they know now about the case. when troy daviss execution was delayed last night at 7:00 p.m. eastern in georgia, the state of texas at the exact same time went ahead with killing a prisoner named lawrence brewer. they killed lawrence brewer for the racist hate crime murder of james byrd in texas in 1998. there was no question...

Prisoner murdered, james byrds son, had said that he did not want the death penalty carried out against his fathers murderer. last night troy daviss alleged victims family said they did want him executed for the death of officer mark macphail in georgia. do the wishes of victims families i guess inflect in any way your feeling about having participated in executions or generally the way that staff do this, the way they feel about it, do you think? >> no. i think the victims feelings should be ta...

With the trade name nembutol to kill its prisoners instead, including troy davis last night. nembutol is a drug veterinarians use to put down household pets. the danish company that makes nembutol argues that it should not be used in execution of humans. the u.s. company that makes sodium pentothal contacted us at msnbc wanting us to know that even though they dont make their drug that is used to kill prisoners anymore they also did not want their drug used in executions and year after year the ...