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People Are More Than The Worst Thing They Have Ever Done In Their Lives
-Helen Prejean
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People Are More Than The Worst Thing
Helen Prejean
People Are More Than The Worst Thing They Have Ever Done In Their Lives
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In Sorting Out My Feelings And Beliefs, There Is, However, One Piece Of Moral Ground Of Which I Am Absolutely Certain: If I Were To Be Murdered I Would Not Want My Murderer Executed. I Would Not Want My Death Avenged. Especially By Government--which Can't Be Trusted To Control Its Own Bureaucrats Or Collect Taxes Equitably Or Fill A Pothole, Much Less Decide Which Of Its Citizens To Kill.
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