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

[Art Deco]

Sunil writes:

"I for one don't think we should take state spokespeople at their word."

Exactly.

Nor city, county, or federal spokespersons.  That's why a vigilant press is
very necessary.  And it is not only government agencies that need careful
watching.  Private organizations and individuals lie and cause great harm
also.

w.

On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Sunil Ramalingam <
sunilramalingam at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  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 Hansen
> Moscow, 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.
>
>
> ======================================================= List services made
> available by First Step Internet, serving the communities of the Palouse
> since 1994. http://www.fsr.net mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com=======================================================
>
> =======================================================
>  List services made available by First Step Internet,
>  serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
>               http://www.fsr.net
>          mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
> =======================================================
>



-- 
Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)
art.deco.studios at gmail.com
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20120610/523354ce/attachment-0001.html>