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Comment by riffic

4 hours ago

extrajudicial killings? isn't that a sterile euphemism for murder?

I think vigilantism (to which I am personally morally opposed) also falls under the umbrella of “extrajudicial killing”, even though it is often not prosecuted as murder. Also any killings performed by law enforcement individuals outside of due process. Some recent famous cases in the US of both of those categories, for example.