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Conscience, it does bother them. and if people were aware of all the facts about capital punishment, i think logically they would change their mind. but logic does not always prevail as you well know. dr. ault, stay with us. let s bring back rachel maddow who wants to ask you a question tonight. rachel? reporter: dr. ault, you signed onto a letter tonight asking georgia corrections officials to reconsider this case specifically highlighting the toll that this would take on corrections officers and other people in the corrections system involved in this execution, saying that you understand from your own personal experiences the awful lifelong repercussions that come from participating in the execution of prisoners. i wounded if just in terms of those of us who know and care about government workers and ....
They would change their mind. but logic does not always prevail as you well know. dr. ault, stay with us. let s bring back rachel maddow who wants to ask you a question tonight. rachel? reporter: dr. ault, you signed onto a letter tonight asking georgia corrections officials to reconsider this case specifically highlighting the toll that this would take on corrections officers and other people in the corrections system involved in this execution, saying that you understand from your own personal experiences the awful lifelong repercussions that come from participating in the execution of prisoners. i wounded if just in terms of those of us who know and care about government workers and people who are public servants and working for corrections departments if you could describe what you meant by that, the kind of repercussions this might have for people who work ....
And those people, people of conscience, had the same type of struggle that i did. if i thought that it actually deterred and i tried to use that rationale when i was participating, that i thought if i d save one life maybe it was worth it. but i soon realized that is not what capital punishment is all about. dr. ault, you highlighted in this letter you wrote to corrections officials in georgia today with other wardens of death row prisons i should mention, but you highlighted the particular toll on corrections officials when there is a case of doubt or when there is a case of a prisoner who is to be executed who maintains his or her innocence until the very end. but when i hear you talking about it tonight, i hear you not using those qualifications just about prisoners who maintain they are innocent. do you think that type of toll ....
I can t see the justification. and if we re just reaping vengeance for somebody, i don t see the justification in that, either. i have talked to a lot of families of victims who didn t feel fulfilled after the executions took place. i can t speak for all the families of victims, but i know i ve talked to many. dr. allan ault and rachel maddow, thank you for staying with us. coming up next, barry scheck of the innocence project and ari melber of the nation. our coverage of the execution of troy anthony davis continues here on nsnbc. stay with us. [ male announcer ] this is coach parker. ....
Deterred and i tried to use that rationale when i was participating, that i thought if i d save one life maybe it was worth it. but i soon realized that is not what capital punishment is all about. dr. ault, you highlighted in this letter you wrote to corrections officials in georgia today with other wardens of death row prisons i should mention, but you highlighted the particular toll on corrections officials when there is a case of doubt or when there is a case of a prisoner who is to be executed who maintains his or her innocence until the very end. but when i hear you talking about it tonight, i hear you not using those qualifications just about prisoners who maintain they are innocent. do you think that type of toll for corrections staff, people involved in executions, is just ....