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But then, when the victims of capital crime come forward and beg the state not to inflict the death penalty<\/a> since it does not, in fact, bring healing or closure, advocates of the death penalty, bent on maximizing killing no matter what, then reply \u201cWhatever the personal views of victims, the demands of Abstract Justice require death\u2013even if killing in the name of victims in fact inflicts further pain and anguish on victims.\u201d<\/p>\n

The spectacle of slaughter in Arkansas over the past few days, all of it entirely driven by the cheapskate rush to kill as many people as possible before the drug used for executions reaches its expiration date, makes clear that whatever the death penalty is, it is not Justice. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"