Capital Punishment Archives

HillReporter.com has reprinted “Capital Punishment is Not About Justice.”

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The post originally appeared on IV Words on July 28, then on DemCastUSA on July 29. The post also appeared on Medium.

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The State That Kills Its Killers Is No Better Than They Were

Capital punishment is not about justice. It’s about vengeance.

Two weeks ago, the government of the United States of America went on a vengeance spree.

The federal government executed three of our own citizens in the span of just a few days after 17 years without a single “state-ordered legal homicide” by the federal government. Officials carried out the three death penalty sentences at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, Ind.