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Lockett's Arguments About The Death Penalty

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The president had doubts about the death penalty because in some cases not all the drugs were administered evenly during the lethal injection. For instance, on April 24, 2014 when Clayton Lockett was administered the lethal injection and the sedative were not administered correctly. In some cases the death penalty is in states are eligible. For instance, the case of Gregg vs. Georgia in the prisoner was charged for murder and robbery. He was found guilty for both the 2 counts of murder and two counts of robbery. They were given the choice to give the petitioner life in prison or thee death penalty. It was three main points the jury had to choose from. These three points are that the murder was committed while the offender was engaged in

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