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Intense pain should be part of it

In 1993, Darold Stenson killed two people. Not knowing the details, I’m going to assume there may have been some pain inflicted in that process. Now, after 15 years of my tax dollars keeping this loser alive, his execution has been indefinitely delayed because he’ll be in pain? Is it just me, or is there something wrong with this picture? Intense pain should be part of it. In fact, the part that seems so wrong, is that he knows that after the “pain”, it will be over. Did his victims have that luxury?

Karen Milacek

Arlington

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