[Vision2020] Court sides with AP, news groups over execution

[Sunil Ramalingam]

I don['t believe this lawsuit has a single thing to do with televising executions. Nothing.
It has to do with the press being able to view the government's taking of life. The states that kill people by lethal injection claim that it is humane.
Do we take them at their word? Or does someone from the press watch, in order to see if the state is telling the truth?
I for one don't think we should take state spokespeople at their word. These killings should not be shrouded in secrecy. We should be able to know what is going on when the state takes a life.
Sunil

From: thansen at moscow.com
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:50:38 -0700
To: lfalen at turbonet.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Court sides with AP, news groups over execution

Roger Falen suggests:
"I think that there is a constitutional right for the public and the press to view executions, but I don't know why anyone would want to."
And if the prisoner's wife and/or children do not want the execution televised, what then?
Question, Mr. Falen:  Where in the Constitution does it stipulate the "right for the public and the press to view executions"?

Seeya round town, Moscow.
Tom HansenMoscow, Idaho
"If not us, who?If not now, when?"
- Unknown


On Jun 10, 2012, at 14:41, lfalen <lfalen at turbonet.com> wrote:

I think that there is a constitutional right for the public and the press to view executions, but I don't know why anyone would want to.
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