Death row trip for Tory MP who wants death penalty

16 July 2012 Last updated at 11:14 ET Help

Philip Davies MP travelled to Florida where he visited a death row at the Florida State Penitentiary and looked at the case for capital punishment.

The BBC Sunday Politics Yorkshire and Lincolnshire followed the Conservative MP for Shipley to the USA where he sat in a chair used to kill prisoners.

It remains a controversial subject, with some opinion polls showing a majority would like to see capital punishment reintroduced in the UK.

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