now the representative paul ray wants to introduce legislation in january offering inmates in utah thesquad option saying it's more humane. ray telling the associated press, quote, the prisoner dies instantly. it sounds really bad, but the minute the bullet hits your heart, you're dead. there's no suffering. utah eliminated executing inmates by firing squad in 2003. the last coming in 2010 when ronny lee gardener was shot and killed by five police officers armed with 30 caliber rifles. the proposal would give all inmates the option of choosing this over injections. >> to offer people a choice. do you prefer prison or flogging, you prefer exile or fines, do you prefer to be executed this way or that way, may in a sense be incompatible with the very meaning of punishment itself. >> proponents know legal injections have been botched at a higher percentage than any other method of execution. they say it's cheaper and less painful but there could be suffering saying inmates could move or shooters miss their target causing a slow and painful death. since 1976, just three people, all in utah

representative paul ray says a firing squad would be a quick and humane way.s nbc legal analyst faith jenkins. welcome, faith. okay, let's try and tackle this one. because a couple weeks ig an sh, ago, we saw the botched injection in oklahoma. death penalty opponents are using lockette's death. trying to argue it is cruel and unusual punishment. you've got people favoring the death penalty. do you think the recent controversies will give any weight to representative paul ray's proposal? >> states are really facing a quandary. they don't have access to the three-drug cocktail that used to be used to describe as painlessly end someone's life. now states have been looking at pharmacies to come up with largely unteted drugs to use to come. then you have the result of what happened in oklahoma. so opponents are saying if you know in advance there is a substantial likelihood these drugs are not going to work and prolong the ending of someone's life, i think after 45 minutes, clayton locket eventually died of a heart attack, opponents are saying that is cruel and unu

utah state rep, paul ray.t happened in oklahoma, i mean, you're not going mess up a firing squad. right? you know, sean the only mess up is in 1897 and have got it right every time since then. >> with a firing squad? >> yes. >> you're saying people should have a choice? >> nochlt no. we have the choice as a state. first choice will be lethal injection. if it's challenged in court, we fall back to firing squad it's our choice as a state. >> what did you think in oklahoma when drugs didn't work? >> you know, i don't know if you can call it a botch because he still died. >> yeah. >> it worked. i don't feel bad the guy suffered look what did he to that little girl. >> it's going to make a lot of liberals upset i don't understand how you screw that up you could have given him heroin and he could have died. i don't see how you screw it up. >> you're dealing with people who don't have expert ease on this. it's a new cocktail the europeans aren't selling us original cocktail. >> well, we're going to follow this story

joining me now state representative paul ray. good to see you. thanks for being with me.ing squad would be a more humane way to kill prisoners. how is getting shot more haw mane than being put to sleep and having your heart stopped? >> it's a back-up. if the cocktails aren't available we would have the firing squad as a backup which is what we used in the last execution in 2010. once the bullet pierces the heart, the individual is dead. there is to question about do we get the right mix of drugs, anything like that. it is efficient. it happens. it's taken care of. >> we are showing viewers at home the contraption you guys used in utah when firing squadses were allowed. i understand one of the reasons the state did away with the squads is because it helped give inmates excessive media attention. that was before the popularity of social media. are you no longer concerned about that? >> we have to look at the whole picture. yes, there is media attention. also, they will have media attention in the trials, lawsuits and so forth that come are from the lethal injection drug if

that is what paul ray said we should re-enact.planning to propose that as an option for criminals on death row. more with this is brian. what does he want. >> since 1976, three people have been put to death by firing squad in the u.s. during that time, more than 1150 have died from lethal injection. it has been the preferred method of execution in the u.s. but last month's botched set failed due to a blown the man died 40 minutes later due to an apparent heart attack. they believe death by hiring squad is more humane and prevent botched executions. ray saying the prison dies instantly. it draconian and bad, but ranked fire squad against lethal injection considering them to be the least painful. entirely possible a person could move or shooters missing the target causing a slow death. >> for all of the technology in the country, lethal injection has been the most unreliable. 7% of all lethalib jekss -- lethal injections in the united states have been botched and that is higher for any rate of execution. >> they don't see firing squ

ray. authorities blame a lack of oxygen there. the workers hauled away 7,000 pounds of the dead fish. >>> chief meteorologist paul deanno joins us withweather in walnut creek where it was a little warmer today. paul? >> reporter: it certainly was. the warmup was confined to areas away from the water but it did get warmer by five to seven degrees. i would say perfect weather for baseball. little league baseball, we have the cubs and the orioles on this field. a little farther away we have the dodgers and the mets. four teams enjoying a beautiful wednesday evening with little league baseball. current temperatures, great shot of the bay bridge. cloudless skies. didn't warm up that much in san francisco. currently 66 degrees. san jose 74. san bruno 68 for a current temperature. oakland 73. but it did get warmer inland. livermore 81. and santa rosa 83. humidity is down. that means the fire danger is up especially toward the delta and the carquinez strait. we have a red flag warning in effect through tomorrow. low humidity and gusty winds late tomorrow, winds gusting 10, 20, perhaps 30 miles an hour. so fire danger is high everywhere. it i

paul george led the way with 24 points as indiana wins 107-96. >>> winning saturday's preakness states made california chrome the most popular day of the day. he shared with ray swimmer michael phelps. mike tyson and tom brady. look what they did? of course when all these slebs get together. >> is that francis back there on the right? >> with the hat? >> yeah. is that you? >> when i called in sick from work? >> don't tell. >> on the baseball diamond colorado turns the historic play, he was initially ruled safe but he's called out after a san diego runner, you see it? 1905 if you want to see it. that's not all. >> this ball is to center field. this is going to be caught. at the track. jumping up and it leaves the ballpark. >> so that's the end of that. game over. walk-off two-run homer in the tenth inning wins it, 8-6. >> this texas rangers fan appears to score some coolness points. she thinks he gave her the foul ball. she gets a dud. he keeps the real souvenere. >> suave. >> he was ready for that. >> that's a plan in the making right there. >> all right. watch this. a scary moment on a georgia racetrack. drag racer andra brown slams into a wall erupting into

ray suarez hosts inside story weekdays at 5 eastern only on al jazeera america >> before there was rand paulere was ron paul, rand's dad and a libertarian folk hero. the former was a doctor, and while the son is a senator who may run for president in 2016, the father is not fading into the background. ron paul remains an outspoken libertarian who makes his own opinions known loud and clear. you can find those opinions on ronpaulchannel.com. some of the content is free, and some requires a prescription that costs $9.95 a month. i sat down with him and asked if he could accept some views. in other words can ron paul build with the middle ground. >> the middle ground is building coalitions -- >> which doesn't happen anymore. >> well, there's a lot of compromise like you give me my stuff for tobacco, and i'll give you your stuff for milk. so i want to build a coalition. dennis and i are good friends, but we don't agree on health care. so we don't dwell on health care, and we talk about the positive. ralph nader and i just had a long visit the other day, and we talked about the things we agree wi

paul thank you. >>> a man who served in vietnam voted for decades worked in the federal prison system, found out recently he's not a u.s. citizen. robert ray has the story. >> mario hernandez started his wednesday hoping to become what he thought he's been for the last 50 years, a legal u.s. citizen. >> i probably slept like two hours last night. but i pray to god everything will be fine. >> the cuban immigrant was about to face a hearing in florida that could determine the rest of his life that in fact might make him a criminal. hernandez who had come to this country as a child who served in vietnam and who has worked as a federal prison guard found out quite by accident that he was not a u.s. citizen. he discovered just last year that he might actually be undocumented. when he wanted to take his wife on a cruise and was suddenly denied a pass por passport. >> he entered as a cuban parolee. not on parole, it is a different concept, he could have had that status indefinitely. >> turns out when his parents defected from cuba they never filled out the proper paperwork. now immigration services will decide his fate. waiting patiently with his

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