A View to a Kill: Witnessing an Execution:VIDEO, This is the story of Linda Kelley, president of Parents of Murdered Children, whose family in 1996 became the first to witness the execution of a man responsible for killing two of its members. Linda, her husband Jim, daughter Robin, and grandmother Angeline reveal how they faced the violent death of the couple’s two other children, and how they prepared themselves to watch Leo Jenkins, the murderer, die of lethal injection. They take a tour of the death chamber, and fret about the proper dress code for an execution.

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A View to a Kill: Witnessing an Execution

This is the story of Linda Kelley, president of Parents of Murdered Children, whose family in 1996 became the first to witness the execution of a man responsible for killing two of its members. Linda, her husband Jim, daughter Robin, and grandmother Angeline reveal how they faced the violent death of the couple’s two other children, and how they prepared themselves to watch Leo Jenkins, the murderer, die of lethal injection. They take a tour of the death chamber, and fret about the proper dress code for an execution.
Linda’s statement that Jenkins’ death will be easier than that of her children is juxtaposed against a prison employee’s chillingly mechanical description of the execution process. Linda’s emotional litany of feelings as she watches Jenkins die includes frustration with an American legal system still arguing about the value of the death penalty as a deterrent. This program raises deep questions about the psychology and ethics of retribution, and encourages public discourse on a volatile issue. (52 minutes)

Copyright date: ©1996

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