{"id":65241,"date":"2025-02-28T15:45:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=65241"},"modified":"2025-02-28T15:47:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:47:49","slug":"against-the-death-penalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2025\/02\/against-the-death-penalty.html","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Against the Death Penalty<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>CABINET MUSIC IX I \u2013 III <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The focus of this issue is the statement of a prisoner<br> on death row in Indiana State Prison.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><strong>Death Row Prisoner's Statement: <br><br>\u00ab I do deserve to be executed, bottom line<br>I ain\u2019t goin\u2019 t'candy coat it<br>I deserve to be executed<br>by the law of the State of Indiana<br>I deserve to be executed. \u00bb<br> <\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Steff Signer \/ Cabinet Music  IX, Part  I \u2013 III\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cgSyoRqt8wI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<em>The condemned man&#8217;s speech is brutal and illusionless, an objective <br>representation of the senselessness of external life in its revulsion and <br>disgust. 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