Everyone’s talking about capital punishment these days. It’s a reflection of public outrage against a senseless murder. But it sounds too much like the line from the Grade-B Western, “Give him a quick trial, and a quick hangin’.”

Last week, Utah prosecutors indicted Tyler Robinson on seven counts, including aggravated murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Gov. Spencer Cox (R) said the state would seek the death penalty. Would Cox have been so quick to demand the death penalty had the victim been George Soros?

Kirk might have agreed — in a video clip often cited as evidence of his politically extreme views, he once advocated for televised public executions with corporate sponsors, with at least older children allowed to watch.

While the alleged killer’s motivation and mental state

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