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Charles Sumner: “The murderer’s brand shall stamp their foreheads, wherever they may wander in the earth.”

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The murderer’s brand shall stamp their foreheads, wherever they may wander in the earth.
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Charles Sumner
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Sumner condemns the lasting stigma of murder on the perpetrators, emphasizing accountability.

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