"'While not wishing to minimize the gravity of the crime for which Ms. Gissendaner has been convicted, and while sympathizing with the victims, I nonetheless implore you, in consideration of the reasons that have been presented to your Board, to commute the sentence to one that would better express both justice and mercy,' Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano wrote on behalf of Pope Francis. 'Please be assured of my prayers as you consider this request by Pope Francis for what I believe would be a just act of democracy.'"
Kelly Gissendaner will die. Murdered in the name of all the citizens of the state of Georgia. And her family will bury another relative. What good will come from this?
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