Quote: magicjay38 said:It's good for the people to see what is being done in their name. Same for executions. We should see the terror in the eyes of the accussed.
We used to have public hangings in this country. It didn't make people anti-capital punishment.
actually public hangings left people very uncomfortable. hangmen were often pariahs (which has always meant unliked) and people wanted a more humane form of execution.
