{{US President Barack Obama plans to ask Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate problems surrounding the application of the death penalty.}}<\/p>\n
The US leader’s announcement comes just days after a botched execution in Oklahoma drew widespread attention.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama called inmate Clayton Lockett’s prolonged death earlier this week from an improperly delivered lethal injection “deeply troubling”.<\/p>\n
The president said he has conflicting feelings regarding the death penalty.<\/p>\n
“This situation in Oklahoma I think just highlights some of the significant problems,” Mr Obama told reporters.<\/p>\n
Americans should “ask ourselves some difficult and profound questions around these issues”, he added.<\/p>\n
Mr Obama, trained as a lawyer, said the death penalty is warranted in some cases – including child and mass murder – but its application in the US is problematic.<\/p>\n
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