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Executions

Or seen on television again and again! It introduces observers to violence, and for the best interests of our country; the public should never in any way view an execution.
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             Executions have not been conducted in public in the U.S. for more than 60 years. Recently, however, some analysts have argued for allowing an execution to be televised. For the first half of the nations history, public executions were common. Large crowds gathered in public places to watch criminals die by hanging. The last public execution held in the U.S. was held in Galena, Missouri. In May 1937, Roscoe (Red) Jackson, who had been convicted of murdering a traveling salesman for his car and eighteen dollars, was hanged at dawn in the town's courthouse square in front of several hundred witnesses. In order to prevent children and drunks from attending the hanging, local officials constructed a temporary forty-foot square stockade around the gallows. The sheriff sent out approximately four hundred invitations to the hanging, but many other citizens gathered around. After Jackson was killed, deputies cut the rope into pieces and threw them out to the crowd for souvenirs (Carlson 13). .
             Executions were considered to provide the public with an effective lesson in the need for citizens to obey the law. By the 1920's and 1930's, however, public sentiment had swayed against administering the death penalty in public. Crowds at executions were frequently compared to lynch mobs, and the events were often considered vulgar and uncivilized (Baird 11). .
             As a result, state and federal corrections officials began creating rules under which executions were conducted privately in front of only a few observers: often reporters, clergy and family members of the convict and the victims. These rules are still in effect today, but they have become increasingly controversial. Some observers now argue that broadcasters have an obligation to televise executions so that people across the nation can witness government use of the death penalty.


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