There are a very small number of countries that still carry out public executions. Those are the countries we are constantly told are uniquely primitive, barbaric, sick and evil.
It's revealing that Pete Hegseth wants the US to join that group but also entirely unsurprising.
https://bird.makeup/users/washingtonpost/statuses/2108313231068459508
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