Ted Rall for June 18, 2001
Transcript:
Now that federal executions are back, why let Indiana have all the fun? Coming soon to your town: It's execution Nothing much happens in Dayton, Ohio. At least not usually. But everyone was bubbling with anticipation... The execution roadshow was coming to town! Mommy mommy, please can we go to see the bad guy get killed? OK, but only if we can put your puppy to sleep. Tickets were even hotter than Billy Squire's! And chances to do the actual killing were being doled out by a local radio station. If you're the 3rd caller who can identify this song, you'll win a chance to send a criminal to the hereafter! Finally the big night was at hand... people came in from as far away as Piqua and Washington courthouse. Of course, the aftermath was a let-down. But there was easy consolation: soon the execution roadshow would be back!