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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • No, they’re not.

    They’re not discussing what the appropriate penalties should be—which, by the way, is typically done at the end of a trial during the sentencing phase, after all evidence has been presented and a guilty verdict has been delivered, because punishment is supposed to be reflective of the evidence presented—they’re saying that they’ve already decided that the target penalty is death.

    That’s a clear nod that they want to make an example, a concept divorced from justice.