The man who witnessed hundreds of executions - BBC Newsnight 

The state should not be killing its own citizens. It also doesn't make financial sense to have the death penalty. A quick google search shows it costs Texas US$2.3m per execution and in Maryland it's US$3m, while life in prison costs around US$750,000. The DP someone is just legalised revenge with no good outcome.

Execution is wrong!

I agree with other comments we need to know their crimes. Not in favour of the death penalty for the UK; can't trust the justice system (l use that term loosely).

Michael Graczyk must have one hell of a wank bank

Guilford Four anyone - it is a good thing they were not executed. After years the wrongful convictions were overturned. ... The logic is that some crimes are so heinous - especially taking innocent life - that the state should kill the guilty. That is revenge, for prevention if would suffice to incarcerate them, so they are no danger to soicety. We KNOW that some innocent people are going to be killed in the process executed as well. Now defendents of the death penalty will argue that punishing and revenge is more important than innocnet lives .... The interesting point: how many are on death row who are innocent right NOW. See the book "The Sun does shine" it is about a young man in Alabama (black of course) which was framed with extremely flimsy evidence - and still convicted. I think that was around 1988 - no that long ago. Those incredulous about his conviction included the FBI agent that supervised the lie detector test which the suspect took voluntarily. The agreement was that it would be used as evidence, whether it was in his favor or not. But of course then the court did not allow it because the prosecutor objected to it. It was openly stated that they did not really care if he was guilty or not ("your people kill so many, so if it wasn't you, you can take one for the team, boy"). He was exonerated after 30 years, the state of Alabama never excused. BTW even his legal public defense had the mindset that a) he was guilty for sure and b) would be convicted for sure. No weapon, no motive, did not matter. So how many people have these criminals with a badge and with the help of the authority given to them by law ruined. The attitude shown towards him did not only play it in his case. They wanted to come up with a conviction (the prosecutor because such successes prompte their career, and young black money w/o money are an ideal target. Poor white men are O.K. too, but blacks are better. The police has a "solved" case and I assume potential Klans folks realized that they fare much better with the police). Of course the public is not safer, when they are so busy framing an innocent that they have no time (or intent) to search for the real culprit.

Why aren’t you covering their VICTIMS? Too much truth for you?

BBC more interested in what goes on in the USA than in Britain outside London. Obsessed with Trump.