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death penalty

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    Rick Perry and the Value of Human Life

    I am not a US citizen (though my wife is), so I can’t vote in the US presidential election anyway. And I support the death penalty in very limited circumstances. But I could not vote for Rick…

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    On the Death Penalty

    There are occasions when the death penalty may be the only way to protect the community from a particularly vicious criminal. There is also some evidence that states with the death penalty have lower rates of murder. So it…