The interlude about finding root causes may be entirely reasonable,
but is non-responsive. In fact, it is somewhat misleading, as it
suggests that those who support capital punishment are against this kind
of study. But Sally might agree that we should allocate resources
for determining what might lead certain people to become the kind of persons
who are capable of such atrocities.
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