Televising an execution wouldn’t be justice. It would be a snuff film dressed up as spectacle.

By: Michael Kiefer

Outlets: Arizona Mirror

Published: October 14, 2026

Words: 1,115

Last Updated: 3 days, 16 hours ago

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Executions are conducted like rituals, at least in Arizona.

The witnesses are ushered in as solemnly as at a funeral and seated as precisely as guests at a wedding: government officials, families of the victims, guests of the soon-to-be decedent, journalists.

A disembodied voice announces over a speaker that the execution has started. Viewed on a closed circuit TV, a team of men dressed uniformly in black escorts the prisoner into the …

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