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It is fairly obvious that those who are in favor of the death penalty have more affinity with assassins than those who do not.

—Rémy de Gourmont22

Tonight, September 21, 2011, at seven o’clock eastern standard time, the state of Georgia is scheduled to execute Troy Davis. Mr. Davis was convicted of shooting an off-duty police officer on the testimony of nine state witnesses, seven of whom have since recanted their testimonies.23

The United States, by all accounts the most religious nation of Western culture, is the only remaining Western nation that practices capital punishment.