Should Executions Should Be Televised?

Zachary Shemtob and David Lat, two law professors, re-open a century-old debate:

"Right now, executions are generally open only to the press and a few select witnesses. For the rest of us, the vague contours are provided in the morning paper. Yet a functioning democracy demands maximum accountability and transparency. As long as executions remain behind closed doors, those are impossible. The people should have the right to see what is being done in their name and with their tax dollars.". . .  continue

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• So much of our politics is divided into red and blue, but one wonders if this might be a question that crosses those traditional divide: How do you feel about this question, and how does your feeling relate to your other political views?