Internet operator seeks to broadcast excecution

A US company is hoping to cash in on the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh by broadcasting his death live over the net.

Tampa-based Entertainment Network is seeking to secure rights to air the execution of McVeigh by lethal injection on May 16.

McVeigh was convicted for the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, which killed 168 people in 1995.

Entertainment Network is suing for the right to broadcast McVeigh's death after its request was initially rejected by the US Bureau of Prisons.

Network Attorney Derek A Newman said: "The people have a right to oversee the implementation of justice."

It's being claimed the US Constitution grants the network the right to place a webcam in the chamber of McVeigh's execution.

The mass killer sparked outrage last month when he dismissed children killed in his bomb attack as "collateral damage".

He said his only regret was that the children's deaths proved to be a public relations nightmare.