To applause, Perry defends Texas death penalty

I LOVED this answer. He did not waiver. Though I do not agree with some of his policies...I DO like a man to stand by his convictions. I think the American people are tired of the inmates running the asylum.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is defending the death penalty in Texas and says he's never struggled with whether any of the inmates executed during his time as governor might have been innocent.

When Perry defended capital punishment, he drew strong applause from the scores of people in the audience at the Republican debate Wednesday night at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.