Comment by _justinfunk

I'll risk some downvotes by expressing my pet view that if the government is going to use capital punishment - it should be public.

The US is a representative democracy and "we" have delegated the monopolistic use of violence to the government.

If the government is going to capitally punish someone, it ought to be done in full view of the people from whom the power to do so derives.

That is the opposite of a tyranny.