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Two weeks ago, John Ashcroft announced a carefully designed viewing protocol for the execution: Given the scope of McVeigh's crime, 10 witnesses (rather than the usual eight) will join a few members of the press in watching McVeigh die. The execution will be shown live via closed-circuit television...
Because his crime is unique in American history, McVeigh is viewed as a special threat. But what kind of a threat does his death really represent? Would a national broadcast of an execution for a crime that was, ostensibly, targeted at the entire nation really present more problems than an...
Everyone seems to agree that the media has a First Amendment right to cover the trappings of the execution - but no one seems prepared to argue the right to show the death itself. That's primarily because current case law doesn't explicitly cover executions. "The U.S. Supreme Court has...
No one knows that better than David Marshlack, president of Entertainment Network, Inc. Marshlack wants to show the execution on EntertainmentNetwork.com at a cost of $1.95 per computer. (All proceeds would be donated to charity). On April 19, a federal judge ruled against Marshlack, saying the First Amendment does not...
If it did ever consider the case, the Court would probably ask if watching a prisoner die actually fills a demonstrable informational need. "Would this really help people understand the nature of executions, or is it essentially an exercise in voyeurism?" asks Flynn. Sure, some of us might secretly harbor...