The federal judge, who cited Dolly Parton in his ruling, found that the state law violated the First Amendment.

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    Death penalty is usually opposed because the person might be innocent. Just the ‘Don’t Talk to the Police’ clip cites two different cases where policemen talked mentally ill people into incriminating themselves, which people were later exonerated by DNA evidence.

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      Yeah, but it’s not the reason Catholics and other Christians are supposed to oppose it. It’s unnecessary killing, regardless of guilt. In defensive war it’s one thing to kill, but a person you can stop from killing anyone? You’re supposed to keep them in prison and try to help them change

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      It’s a good reason to oppose the death penalty, but I don’t think it makes it murder at all.

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        Murder is defined as the intentional killing of an innocent person

        You just said above that it is murder.

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          But the person has been found guilty so even if they aren’t, it’s not the intentional killing of an innocent person.