"A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath,……" — J.R.R. Tolkien

"A criminal who, having renounced reason ... hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and therefore may be destroyed as a lion or tiger, one of those wild savage beasts with whom men can have no society nor security. JOHN LOCKE, Second Treatise of Civil Government Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."

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