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The Crucible: Play Analysis
In the play “The Crucible” they did things in my opinion that were not humane, like killing people by crushing them with rocks, or hanging them. Both of them are not good ways to die. For one they would be very painful, and secondly your death could be prolonged. I do believe that our justice system has come a long way from hangings and such.

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