I think there are only two purposes the recording of an execution serves: first to have a record that it actually happened, and second to show that it was done humanely. There's no reason to watch it unless you wish to confirm either of these two things. I personally don't have any reason to doubt either of these so I have no intention of ever watching it.
As far as death penalty goes in general, at one time I thought it made sense, then I became neutral to it, and now I'm starting to oppose it. It doesn't solve anything, and executing an old man like Saddam was even more pointless (he was going to be 70 years old in April, at which point his execution wouldn't have been allowed under Iraqi constitution). |