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The murderer had the victims bloody jacket and some of her belongings in his car. He confessed to his partner and his prison mate that he did in fact kill her and steal her stuff.

Nothing fascist about justice.

Except the DNA on the murder weapon wasn't his

He is believed by multiple crime scene investigators to have worn gloves so what does that matter?

> "The cult of action for action's sake", which dictates that action is of value in itself and should be taken without intellectual reflection.

If I say I killed someone, do you think that's enough for a conviction? I mean I didn't actually kill someone and there's no evidence whatsoever that I did.

Facists oversimplify right and wrong, guilty and innocense, and disregard centuries if not millennia of philosophy about justice, lawmaking and due process to bring about swift change as they see fit.

This has nothing to do with Fascism. Communists executed people with a fervor. Monarchs executed people.

There's plenty of evidence too. This specific case is being amplified by an activist class you'll find commonly in prison/death penalty abolitionist circles. They don't care about justice, or guilt of the person; they are high on a savior complex.

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