> I'm curious why you might want to witness
an execution under those circumstances,
then. You say you don't know if you would;
what about the condemned having killed
somebody you loved changes the
circumstances?

I'm uncertain what to call it. A desire for justice,
perhaps? I would want to be certain that
justice was being carried out in that case, and
how better to be certain than to watch it carried
out?

> Why? I think that once you've lost your right
to life (the single most fundamental human
right), you have pretty much lost your right to
privacy. That's a decision you make when you
make the choice to murder another. I have
very little sympathy for the rights of convicted
murderers. Commiting first-degree murder
shows that you have very little regard for the
basic rights of others, and at that point you've
violated the social contract and need to be
removed from society.

Why do we have laws against cruel and
unusual punishment? It's one thing to allow
victims to watch an execution, it's another to
broadcast it to the millions on television.