Quote Originally Posted by TheGrey View Post
I suspect it has to do with the people involved in this last act as much as it does the prisoner's rights...but I am just guessing.
That's a really good point I hadn't thought about. Ultimately, we may not care about the guy who's going to die, but there are a lot of people who have to live with being the instrument of the death. Somewhat like having blank rounds in some of the rifles used by the firing squad. They have to be able to live with being a part of it somehow.