| Death penalty is an irrevocable crime
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| | relatives and supporters of the convict's
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| which many people argue its effectiveness
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| | innocence. Whatever the reason for
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| in deterring future crimes. It became a
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| | execution is, it always leaves a negative
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| very important issue for the human rights
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| | physiologically affect on the
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| associations such as, "Amnesty
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| | individual's supporters. Think of the
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| International", which is working
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| | daughter or son of someone executed
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| worldwide to protect human rights and
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| | whether he is innocent or not. These
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| abolishing death penalty. According the
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| | children are affected by the way society
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| facts of "Amnesty International", today
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| | punishes and might become potential
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| 111 countries have abolished the death
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| | enemies to the system. Life-time
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| penalty in law or practice. That leaves
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| | imprisonment without parole seems like a
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| 84 other countries which retain or use
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| | much better alternative. As long as,
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| death penalty (Amnesty International).
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| | there is no place for mistakes in the
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| There are also "victim's rights"
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| | decision, supporters still argue that the
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| organizations, which support the use
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| | death penalty is the best alternative.
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| death penalty. It became an important
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| | Victim's rights organizations are mostly
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| debate lately. Therefore, we should know
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| | made up of people who had been affected
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| the consequences of abolishing death
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| | by some kind of crimes. It is not strange
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| penalty such as its benefits and threats
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| | that people who lost their loved ones
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| to the society, its effectiveness and its
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| | will behave emotionally and support the
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| role in the international arena.
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| | death penalty. "An eye for an eye"
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| Individuals and organizations who oppose
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| | mentality is the basic reason these
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| the death penalty claim that it violates
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| | people support death penalty. After the
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| the right to life as proclaimed in the
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| | pain, they can no longer take a neutral
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| Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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| | stand and think about the issue clearly.
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| They also claim that it is an inhuman
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| | Death penalty supporters are also
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| punishment which is ineffective in
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| | bothered because they believe life-time
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| deterring future crimes.
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| | imprisonment of criminals is a waste of
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| Those, who support the death penalty,
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| | taxpayer's money. They prefer criminals
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| claim that death penalty is effective in
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| | to be sent to death row than being taken
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| deterring future crimes and keep the
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| | care of for a life-time (Thibault).
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| society a better place to live in. They
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| | Although many organizations define the
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| also believe that there should be
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| | death penalty an unusual punishment, some
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| alternative punishments for different
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| | supporters argue that the framers of the
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| crimes and death penalty is a kind of
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| | constitution supported death penalty and
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| punishment some criminals deserve.
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| | constructed laws to practice it, so it is
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| While opponents claim there is no solid
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| | not unusual. Supreme Court Justice
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| evidence of deterrence, people who
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| | Antonin Scalia, after reviewing Callins
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| support the death penalty argue that our
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| | v. Collins case, observed that:
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| society is not able to see the results of
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| | The Fifth Amendment provides that '[n]o
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| what is not happening. This is like
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| | persons shall be held to answer for a
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| hearing the news of the shipwrecks, but
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| | capital...crime, unless on a presentment
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| not hearing any news on the ones that
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| | or indictment of a Grand Jury...nor be
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| arrived safely to the harbor.
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| | deprived of life...without the due
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| Practice of death penalty always carries
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| | process of law.' This clearly permits
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| the risk of taking innocent lives. Cooper
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| | the death penalty to be imposed, and
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| shows proof of this risk when she says,
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| | establishes beyond doubt that the death
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| "75 people were released from death row
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| | penalty is not one of the 'cruel and
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| after courts reversed their convictions"
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| | unusual punishments' prohibited by the
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| (Cooper). Those, who support the death
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| | Eighth Amendment (Scalia).
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| penalty, believe that it is extremely a
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| | One other issue is that United States has
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| small risk and it is decreasing as
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| | not abolished the death penalty for
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| forensic science improves. They also
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| | youths. Juveniles do not have the same
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| believe that execution of an innocent
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| | moral reasoning as adults so there should
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| inmate is a even smaller chance than the
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| | be an alternative way of punishing them.
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| releasing a criminal. This is credited to
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| | According to Schiraldi, this does not
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| the careful observations made before the
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| | look good on the international arena as
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| execution. The Jogger case is an example
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| | well. He states this well, where he says:
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| of false convictions. "...the faulty
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| | "Over the last three years, aside from
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| convictions of five teenagers in 1989
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| | the United States, only Pakistan, Iran
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| would have never come to light"
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| | and the Republic of Congo have executed
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| (Halpern).
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| | juvenile offenders --hardly the kind of
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| Organizations such as the "Amnesty
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| | human rights company we should be
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| International" show the fact that, "death
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| | keeping" (Schiraldi).
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| penalty punishes the poor" as a reason to
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| | Abolishing the death penalty is a
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| abolish it. Good judicial representation
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| | requirement for joining the European
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| often results in less or no penalty, but
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| | Union. Republic of Turkey, who was
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| it costs too much to be represented by a
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| | waiting at the gates of the European
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| good lawyer. This situation might result
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| | Union for a longtime, has taken steps to
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| in changing a death row sentence to a
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| | abolish death penalty although it has not
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| life long imprisonment for a wealthy
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| | been practiced for a long time.
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| criminal. According to Mary H. Cooper,
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| | Abolishing the death penalty and practice
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| "poor inmates often do not receive
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| | of human rights laws is becoming a more
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| adequate legal counsel" (Cooper).
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| | important issue in the international
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| Victim's rights organizations argue that
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| | arena. "Turkey has been praised for laws
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| the death penalty, in fact, does not
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| | adopted in August to abolish death
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| discriminate the poor. This accusation
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| | penalty in peacetime" (Houston
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| can not be an argument against death
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| | Chronicle).
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| penalty because it is an argument against
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| | I believe it is not possible to end
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| all types of punishment. The only way to
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| | killings by executing murders. For a
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| solve this issue is to improve the
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| | better society, we should be more
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| justice system, which is not easily done.
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| | responsible for human rights. Even
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| Fairness of death penalty is also
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| | though, it is a very small risk that the
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| questionable because the prosecutor may
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| | executed will be innocent, I believe it
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| choose to go for the death penalty or
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| | is not worth it. It is also becoming a
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| life-time imprisonment. Some prosecutors
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| | necessity to abolish death penalty for
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| always seek for the death penalty and
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| | the sake of humanity in the international
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| others may never consider this penalty,
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| | arena. Every country should take further
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| this circumstance discriminates between
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| | steps to act according to United Nations'
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| types of prosecution. There is also
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| | Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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| evidence that "prosecutors seek for death
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| | United States should not be in the same
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| penalty more frequently when the victim
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| | class of countries who practice death
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| is black than when the victim is white"
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| | penalty and be an example as it is in
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| (Cooper).
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| | other issues. Death penalty should be
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| Another threat of the death penalty to
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| | abolished at all so that it will no more
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| society is the effect of the execution on
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| | be an alternative to kill for vengeance.
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