[smvoice]

I used to wonder what kind of person to could witness a public execution. I’m beginning to understand.

[ryderann]

I’m sure you could sell tickets to this one and net enough to build an interstate across the country.

[Red Badger]

The last public execution in Florida, a hanging on the courthouse lawn, was here in my county, Okaloosa, sometime in the 19-teens, IIRC.

Newspaper accounts of the time said it was like a carnival atmosphere. People brought their children and had picnics. Food vendors were doing a brisk business. People came from a hundred miles or more to watch something that only took a few minutes.......................