News Executions shouldn’t be shrouded in secrecy. Media witnesses help hold government accountable. January 25, 2021 Anna Kaul and Sarah Lamsifer, Opinion contributors Comments Off on Executions shouldn’t be shrouded in secrecy. Media witnesses help hold government accountable. Biden campaigned on ending death penalty. But it still stands at federal level and in 28 states. And witnesses are still blocked from seeing everything.