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wirh man's inhumaniry ro man.
Communisr lands record rhe
dcarh penalty imposed upon orhcr
millions under Stalin ami in che
carly years of Communism in China.
Even roday. in Vietnam, many
observers havc found evidcncc rhar
Norrh Vicrnamcse soldiers have bar–
barously "cxccured" villagc leadcrs
who werc nor favorable ro rhem.
Other arrociries commirrcd by sorne
U. S. and Sourh Vicrnamcse soldicrs
PLAIN TRUTH November 1972
havc also been documenrcd.
Whcrc do wc go from
herc~
ls
capital punishmcnr on rhe wa}' out?
Will all rhe world's narions evcn–
rually abolish rhc dcarh penalty?
Even the mosr oprimisric opponenr
of capital punishmcnr muse have no
falsc illusions abour this evenruality.
Despi re rrcnds among Western
nations ro abolish the death penalty,
che cvidence shows rhar as long as
man's hearr is unchangcd. rhe death
EXECUTION OF PRESIDENT LIN–
COLN'S
assassination conspirators.
This photo was token by famous Civil
War photographer Matthew Brady on
July 7, 1865.
Motthew Brody
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Belfmonn
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penalt) will be enforced - sorne–
rimes jusdy, somccimcs unjustly.
The principie of a "lifc for a li fe"
is an ancicnt onc. lts abuse also gocs
back ro rhe
early
bcginning of
recordcd hisrory.
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