Volunteering to watch an execution

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(05-02-2017, 08:04 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: Volunteering once as a public service is one thing. Wanting to go back again over and over is a different story.

And, no, I do not agree that someone who supports the death penalty needs to be willing to witness it. Nor am I convinced that there is a real need for 'witnesses' outside of those professional and family members already permitted.

As for me personally, if they offered volunteering to witness an execution as a substitute jury duty, I might be willing to volunteer (once).

Obviously I disagree with all of this (except as a substitute for jury duty). These executions should be open to the public not just family members and folks whose "job" it is to be there.

As to going more than once; who knows what motivates them. A sense of responsibility, as sense of justice, a sense of the macabre....

Also who better to know something is awry than someone who has witnessed more than one. If it is the law and there are those willing to volunteer to fulfill the duty then I see no problem.

As to my stance of if you advocate it, you better be willing to witness the repercussions of it; that's just a personal opinion.