Key Highlights
- Truman Capote discussed capital punishment on 'The Tonight Show' in 1972.
- Capote wrote about the hanging of killers Dale Hickock and Perry Smith in 'In Cold Blood.'.
- Johnny Carson suggested that public executions might reduce support for the death penalty.
- Capote expressed skepticism about the deterrent effect of public executions.
- He noted that human nature might lead millions to watch such events.
