I am totally opposed to capital punishment per se, I believe it to be an act of barbarism, which has no place in our humane society. There has not been a public excretion in the Western World since, serial killer Eugen Weidmann was guillotined outside Saint-Pierre prison in Versailles France in 1939. The last public execution in the United States was that of black man Rainey Bethea in Owensboro, Kentucky in 1936, it was estimated 20,000 spectators watch the terrible event take place. More recently there has been the botched attempt at executing Christa Pike in September this year in Tennessee, Pike was on death row for 30 years awaiting he day of death, it didn't happen! Australia has not executed anyone since the execution of Ronald Ryan, who was hanged on February 3, 1967, at Pentridge Prison, Victoria.

Now U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to make the military execution by firing squad of former Army major Nidal Hasan a public spectacle, live streamed for our fun and amusement. I presume, the kiddies can watch the fella convulse in his death throes on Tic-Tok, we might even get the kiddies performing a new dance at the school concert the 'Hasan Wriggle'. Hasan was found guilty of killing 13 people in 2009.

Presently in Australia all major political parties opposes the death penalty, I'm not sure what One Nation's position is. Far right parties like One Nation and their supporters tend to favour capital punishment.

My question is; Is there any place for the death penalty in our society, and if so should it be made a public spectacle?