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Say what?

March 24, 2014 12:00 am • Last Updated: March 21, 2014 4:33 pm

By Norman Rabe Salem

Let me get this straight. The state employs a person to watch over a convicted murderer so that he remains alive in order that the state may kill him. Does this make any sense?

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