> Killing is abnormal. Whenever someone is intentionally killed, it is a failure of society and an incredible tragedy.

For the victim of killing, there's no difference between "being killed" and "dying". It's not that your life gets less valuable or your pain gets eased if you die from natural causes. And eventually we all die, death itself is not abnormal, then what's the big deal about killing?

Killing is not a tragedy. Dying early if you could live longer is a tragedy.