We shouldn't hide from it. We shouldn't do it in secret. Cain, who has presided over two executions, argues that McVeigh's crime was a crime against the entire country and, therefore, all of America deserves the opportunity to see him die. Plus, he says, it would act as a gut-wrenching deterrent. It's not bad for young people growing up being afraid to murder.
Bad things happen.
And as for the so-called sense of closure, forget about it. There's no feel-good to be derived from killing a caged human being. And as demented as it might sound, many Americans would probably gather with their friends in bars and bowling alleys and turn it into some kind of a communal event. Not really, when you consider the endless stream of brutal images we've endured in recent years. The violence depicted in films and video games is more graphic and bloody than ever.