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minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up68·7 days agoMurdered is the technical term for what happened.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoState-sanctioned murder is also called execution. Both terms fit.
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days ago“Execution” really sanitizes it, though since we live in a capital punishment nation.
minus-squareluciferofastora@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoI also don’t think execution / capital punishment should be regarded with less distaste, but that’s probably a contentious opinion in many places
minus-squareAljernon@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours agoLife and death is not a responsibility that The State has typically handled well.
minus-squareBarneyPiccolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up9·7 days agoCold-blooded murder is the writer’s term for it.
Murdered is the technical term for what happened.
State-sanctioned murder is also called execution. Both terms fit.
“Execution” really sanitizes it, though since we live in a capital punishment nation.
I also don’t think execution / capital punishment should be regarded with less distaste, but that’s probably a contentious opinion in many places
Life and death is not a responsibility that The State has typically handled well.
Cold-blooded murder is the writer’s term for it.