1.   Inside the witness room of the death chamber, the mood was somber among the people allowed to watch the execution.

2.   An undisclosed number of government officials will be allowed to watch the execution from a third room.

3.   Another bothersome detail is the fact that Florida, and other states, do not allow family members to watch executions.

4.   Ashcroft also confirms that survivors and relatives of the bombing victims will be allowed to watch the execution on closed-circuit TV.

5.   Beginning as early as February, families of murder victims in Texas will be able to watch the execution of the killers.

6.   During his bloody reign Ivan the Terrible had a special tower constructed on the Kremlin wall from where he could sit and watch the executions of his foes.

7.   If Ashcroft did not allow the closed-circuit broadcast, only eight victim witnesses would be able to watch the execution in person in Indiana.

8.   If seeing war creates a hunger for peace, perhaps watching an execution will make us hunger for justice and righteousness and humanity.

9.   In separate news conferences, Gov. George W. Bush and Attorney General Dan Morales said the state prison board should lift its ban against families watching those executions.

10.   In Texas, families of both the victim and the convicted killer are invited to watch the executions in separate rooms behind glass and bars.