Two websites are seeking permission from the US government to broadcast the execution of Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh next month.
McVeigh is due to die by lethal injection on May 16th for bombing the Oklahoma City Federal building, killing 168 people in 1995.
Liveontheweb.comand Entertainment Networkhave been denied the right to put cameras in the death chamber, but both are mounting separate legal challenges citing the right to freedom of speech.
Liveontheweb.comsays it will not be billing the event as a pay-per-view event and will use strict age verification. Entertainment Networksays it will charge $1.95 to view the execution.
The US attorney general earlier decided the execution could be viewed by relatives of the victims on closed-circuit television.
