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States kill when they apply the death penalty, when they send their people to war, or when they carry out extra-judicial or summary executions. They can also kill by omission, when they fail to guarantee to their people access to the bare essentials for life.

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Pope Francis
Age: 87
Born: 1936
Born: December 17
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