. >> if it had been david cameron or tony blair calling for a snap election, it would have been leaked out and they have so many friends that it would have been hard to keep a secret. threesa may is a very different kind of character sz. >> glor: we conclude with a discussion about the arkansas death penalty with david boies, lorri davis and damien echols. >> i went from solitaire confinement to the streets of manhattan literally overnight. i walked into a world where everyone uses computers, debit card readers and machines that i had no idea how to use. so it was like me being an alien dropped off in a new world without any help or anything. i needed someone with me 24 hours a day, seven days a week almost as if i were an invalid. >> brexit and the death penalty in arkansas when we continue. >> rose: funding for "charlie rose" has been provided by the following: >> and by bloomberg, a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> glor: good evening. i'm jeff glor f

if it had been david cameron or tony blair, it would have been leaked out. it would have been hard to keep . secret theresa may is a different kind of character. it is not surprising in another sense. she had her hone mandate. she did campaign for remain. she was probably where many or out people in the eu of it. out of the eu with heads and hearts. mandate and her own increases the slim conservative majority. if she can claim her own authority to pursue brexit negotiations her own way. it gives her independent standing. in that sense, it is not a surprise. but it was a brilliantly kept secret. jeff: fundamentally, which is why she's doing this. >> there is a strong element of self-interest. she will characterize this on behalf of the country and the country needs to back some version of brexit but she is doing it with that in mind. she has a slim majority. the thing that is unclear as if she ends up with a bigger tory majority which is what we all think will happen. we could all be wrong. , itming that does happen should be good for her. to get things throu

if it had been david cameron or tony blair planning to call a snap election, it would have been leakedut. they have so many friends. it would've been hard to keep a secret. theresa may is a very different kind of character, does not , has executed a complete surprised almost everybody except for a small group of around her. it is no surprise in another sense, and that she does not have her own mandate, she became prime minister having been a relative to remain up. she did campaign for remain. head,s in the eu with her but out of it with her heart. for -- she was therefore not seen as the true brexiters. if she now gets her own big mandate, big maturity -- big majority and increases the slim majority, she can then claim her own a authority to pursue brexit negotiations her own way. that gives her independent standings. it is not a surprise, but it was a brilliant knee cap -- brilliantly kept secret. >> there is a strong element of self interest or she will say it is on behalf of the country and the country needs to back some version of brexit, but she is doing it with us in mind. out,ss