Rick Perry defends the death penalty
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Sunday said his state would continue to execute criminals despite the horrific results of Oklahoma's failed execution last week.
Perry, whose state has executed more people than any other in the past four decades, said he was "confident that the way the executions are taken care of in the state of Texas are appropriate and humane." And though he said Oklahoma had clearly screwed up its execution, he would not say whether the procedure was so horrific as to have been torture.
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