Today only the United States and Turkey enforce executions. ... Then there is a second trial that decides if they should receive the death penalty (this is for the 38 states that have the death penalty). ... This procedure is followed by all states that carry the death penalty. ... San Francisco's KQED-TV, a public television station, made news several years ago by seeking permission to videotape the execution of murderer Robert Alton Harris at San Quentin prison. ... States started to restrict access in the 1830s through 'private execution' statutes to reduce unsightly publ...

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