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The Death Penalty for Justice and Safety
Jonathan was just 13. The pictures of him show a freckle-faced, eager scamp, maybe getting new sneakers for Christmas, rushing to grow up, hungry for life, hungry to get on with things. I imagine he was the kind of kid who’d pull a prank and then run for it, or skateboard until he was breathless. I bet he wished he were bigger and stronger, more of an athlete. He p ....
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.... was denied his life because a killer was turned loose rather than executed. If Murray had faced justice after his first slaughter, Jonathan would still be a boy with another day inside him, another jest, and another chance at making his mother proud. All he is now is a tragic memory. No system of justice in recorded history has ever equated the life of a murdered innocent child with that of a homicidal, depraved predator. Ours does. (From ....
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