humane
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What my research has shown is that lethal injection, from the start, wasn’t so much about a humane execution as a humane-looking execution.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026
Gallucci supports a “legal, fair, humane system” at the border.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Rosval, trying to build kitchens in which creativity and humane working conditions reinforce, rather than contradict, one another.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
It didn’t resolve any larger disagreements, but one humane action made more-difficult diplomacy easier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Their punishments were humane, and their policymakers took rehabilitation of criminal offenders very seriously, which made me excited about the award and the trip.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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