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Re:Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And... by gonzo41 on Monday January 09, 2023 @05:53PM (#34317661)
You know the guy that shot Reagan, John Warnock Hinckley Jr. He just got released from a secure psych facility. He shot the president and then got treated for being crazy. As a response, the conservatives in the 80's defunded public psych work and increased funding for prisons.

The death penalty is a cruel policy choice. Nothing more than that.

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Re:Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And... by pnf on Monday January 09, 2023 @08:22PM (#34319042)
It's a lot older policy choice than Hinckley so maaaayyybe a little more to it.
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Re:Texas Records All Inmates Last Words Before Execution And... by mardifoufs on Monday January 09, 2023 @10:52PM (#34320294)
This is almost comical revisionism. It's been weird to watch this narrative take its shape throughout the years though.
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