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…showed last 75 words of 747 total…demonstrates a lack of respect for human life. Executions give society an unmistakable message that human life no longer deserves respect when it is useful to take it and that homicide is legitimate when deemed justified by pragmatic concerns. A decent and humane society does not deliberately kill human beings. But who better to explain this than those who know firsthand of the deep hurt and pain that occur when a loved one is murdered.