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Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health

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The Death Penalty: The Importance of Preservation of Life

The court frames this issue as being about the right of Nancy Krasan's family to intervene and remove her from life support. What it should be about is the right of the state to keep someone in her condition on life support indefinitely just because they think it's best, he says. The fact that these justices who all support the death penalty are enriching "is enraging," writes John Sutter.

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