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Dennis Prager

Opponents of capital punishment argue that the state has no right to take a murderer's life. Apparently, one fact that abolitionists forget or overlook is that the state is acting not only on behalf of society, but also on behalf of the murdered person an

Dennis Prager

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Dennis Prager points out that those against the death penalty focus only on the state's right to kill, ignoring that the government represents both the community and the victim when it enforces capital punishment. He suggests that the state's action is meant to serve justice for the person who was murdered, not just society as a whole.

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