The Death penalty

             You are running down the street with your best friend not too far
             behind. You manage to round the corner, but you hear your friend trip.
             Suddenly a shot rings out. Your friend screams. You continue to run, but
             look back and see the man who was following you pull out a large knife.
             Shocked in terror you can only blankly stare as the man proceeds to cut your
             friend to pieces. The blade falls once. There is an explosion of red. The
             blade falls twice. Entrails spill onto the floor. The blade falls three
             times, four times, five, and six. He then reaches down and dips is hand into
             the blaring pool of crimson that soaks the ground. Lifting his hand he
             begins to write on the wall in front of him with the freshly spilled blood
             Would a situation like this horrify you? Well you should know that
             seven murders just like this occurred in two nights. The man responsible
             Manson is the leader of a large cult following, and even after being
             arrested for his truly horrific deeds still influences the cult today. In
             1975 one of Manson's followers, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, made an
             assassination attempt on then president Gerald Ford, in Manson's name
             Even now if you go to New York City you can find shirts with his picture
             on them, glorifying him. Songs have been written praising him.
             But together these have not yet touched the scariest thing about
             Charles Manson. The thing that you should be most frightened of is that
             Charles Manson, and many like him are alive, with chance of parole. Yes
             this murderous madman could yet again run rampant in the world. It is for
             this reason that the death penalty is necessary.
             Capital punishment is the system by which the people who have
             committed the most heinous crimes are executed either by electric chair,
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