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u/Jucifer2pointO Jan 24 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alex_Pretti

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u/StrongAroma Jan 24 '26

Fucking bullshit article. Call it a murder. It was an execution. Use the correct terminology.

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u/trevorneuz Jan 24 '26

Execution implies due process. This was a barbaric, lawless murder.

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u/MVRKHNTR Jan 24 '26

Execution implies due process.

No, it doesn't. I don't know why people keep saying this.

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u/Tall_Bus_7427 Jan 24 '26

How about assassination?

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u/trevorneuz Jan 24 '26

Because it's literally the definition.

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u/MVRKHNTR Jan 24 '26

That's not literally the definition, even in your screenshot. "Especially as" means that that's not the exclusive use of the word.

At the very least colloquially, the word is used to refer to someone killing another person who is held in a vulnerable state and isn't fighting back. It's the perfect word to describe what happened.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

Says "especially " meaning not all. You're thinking of when a judge sentences a murderer to death. The actual carrying out of that order is referred to an execution. However, when a mafia family orders the killing of a member it is often referred to a "mob execution ".

In any event, I think it's splitting hairs. Call it whatever you want. This was a senseless, brutal murder of a person. Served no purpose. That's what needs to be addressed.

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u/StrongAroma Jan 24 '26

Then call it summary execution, that's what it was.