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Execution is not murder exactly, it is an act of proof that the murder is cast out of the human race.
One thing I think of is the executioner. On top of the rest of it, the death penalty forces someone to kill legally. I read a biography of Albert Pierrepoint recently... who was the last well known hangman in the UK: he was self important, pompous, arrogant, greedy, ultimately indiscrete... but a hard man - someone forced to wear the blood on his hands that the police, the politicians, the people all called for, but could not stomach. I couldnt help but admire this man who did the job that his political masters were not man enough to do themselves.
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"Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate,
for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing
hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain
without being uncovered."
The Gospel of Thomas
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