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A New Level of Justice
On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed, killing 168 people and injuring more than 800 people. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were found guilty of the terrorist attack and were sentenced to death. On June 11, 2001, McVeigh was executed. His sentence took six years to be followed through with. On the day he was to be executed, people lined the streets outside the prison. Mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, and children of the victims killed were there pleading for the life of the man who had caused all this pain and hurt to them. Why would anyone do that? Americans showed a great sense of forgiveness that day, but in no way should someone be excused from their actions just because they are forgiven.
Today, the court gives leniency to many murders. People who kill others are sentenced to a couple years in a warm jail that provides them with food and comfort, perhaps far better than what they had before.......

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