White House: Oklahoma's Botched Execution "Fell Short" Of Humane Standards

BuzzFeed - White House press secretary Jay Carney reaffirms Obama’s support for the death penalty in the wake of a botched execution in Oklahoma. View Video › WASHINGTON — President Obama continues to support the death penalty, White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday, although Carney said Tuesday's botched execution in Oklahoma was inhumane. "I haven't discussed this particular report with the president," Carney said of the attempted execution of Clayton Lockett, in which the execution began and was stopped following the administration of the lethal drugs, and Lockett's death by a heart attack occurred shortly thereafter. "What I can tell you is that he has long said that while the evidence suggests that the death penalty does little to deter crime, he believes there are some crimes that are so heinous that the death penalty is merited. In this case, or these cases, the crimes are indisputably horrific and heinous." "But it's also the case that we