Chicago Gun Ban Case

[Ayiekie]

Just as a quick note on the death penalty thing.  By definition of "murder" -- the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought (Merriam-Webster, emphasis mine) -- "state-sanctioned murder" is a contradiction in terms.  If someone is executed by the state in accordance to the law, they are executed, killed, put to death, etc..., but never murdered.

It is only a contradiction if you believe states have the right to kill people - more accurately, to absolve other people from killing people in cold blood who pose no threat to them. Since I don't, it is indeed literally state-sanctioned murder. But if you like, I'll use "state-sanctioned killing" instead.