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femmedem

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3. I've always felt that one reason to oppose the death penalty

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Sat Jan 21, 2023, 09:54 AM

Jan 2023

is what it does to the people who have to carry it out.

I read more about the executions of innocent people, of disparate sentencing, and of botched executions which result in torture. But this is one of the few times I've read about the emotional toll it takes on the people whose job it is to commit and witness the executions.

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NPR uncovered secret execution tapes from Virginia. More remain hidden [View all] sl8 Jan 2023 OP

Bookmarking. I don't know that I will listen to the tapes underpants Jan 2023 #1

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I've always felt that one reason to oppose the death penalty femmedem Jan 2023 #3