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@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Today I learned that about the execution of Richard Moore[^1].
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For whatever reason, most likely the cup of coffee and the time to read on a Saturday morning[^2][^3], I decided to do the deep dive on the case. The case received attention when in 2022 Moore opted to be the first person executed by firing squad after the South Carolina Legislature voted to approve it when they ran out of lethal injection drugs[^4].
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-Moore went into a convenience store at 3am unarmed and sat two beers on the counter. A witness was present playing video poker. A dispute arose and the clerk pulled out a gun and fired it at Moore hitting him in the arm first. That gun jammed and the clerk pulled out a second gun which Moore wrangled from the clerk and killed him. Moore took some money from the register, fled, down the road, and confess when caught. He had previously been convicted of armed robbery. I read the testimonies and letters requesting clemency[^5].
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+Moore went into a convenience store at 3am unarmed and sat two beers on the counter. A witness was present playing video poker. A dispute arose and the clerk pulled out a gun and fired it at Moore hitting him in the arm first. That gun jammed and the clerk pulled out a second gun which Moore wrangled from the clerk and killed him. Moore took some money from the register, fled down the road, and confessed when caught. He had previously been convicted of armed robbery. I read the testimonies and letters requesting clemency[^5].
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My relatively naive general takeaway in this case was unnecessary based on the idea that capital punishment somehow deters crime. If anything, the related press generally leaned in the direction of discrimination without justice. As crime rates have decreased, news coverage and prison sentences have increased[^6].
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