US officials try to halt videotaping of Atlanta execution

Source: Associated Press

US officials are trying to stop the videotaping of an execution, thought to be the first such recording in two decades.

Andrew DeYoung is to die on Wednesday evening for the murder of his parents and teenage sister in suburban Atlanta in 1993, barring court intervention over his claim that the state's new lethal injection drug could cause him needless pain and suffering.

Meanwhile, the state attorney general's office has appealed against a ruling by a Fulton county judge that DeYoung's execution should be recorded.

Brian Kammer, a lawyer for a death row inmate, Gregory Walker, said his interest was in "preserving the best evidence possible" for his challenge to the state's method of lethal injection.

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/20/us-prosecutors-halt-videotaping-execution-atlanta

"If you die on TV, you have not died in vain, you've entertained us!"

At least they are trying to stop the recording. Maybe they could jump just a little bit higher and stop executing people.

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Makes ya proud to be an "Amurikan, don't it"? :eyes: