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SALTER: Rationale to keep executions easy, quiet flawed

By: Magnolia Tribune - March 8, 2016

SID SALTER: Executions aren’t supposed to be easy, quiet or hidden

The legislative rationale behind Senate Bill 2237 presumes falsely that the business of taking an inmate’s life as punishment for a capital crime should be easy, quiet, free from confrontation or protest, and hidden as much as possible from public view or scrutiny. That rationale is incredibly flawed.

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