We are arguing about the death penalty. Cancel or save. There is debate about this in other countries as well. In France, for example, this discussion has been going on for almost a century. We understand that the voice that will be heard in this discussion may, at first glance, seem inappropriate. But why? The excerpt you will read is taken from the book “Black Diary,” just published in France, a book of memoirs by the state executioner A. Obrecht. In stories about his terrifying profession, A. Obrecht talks about exactly what we are arguing about, about his attitude towards the death penalty. That he is disgusted by the application of the death penalty to women. That the death penalty in tyrannical regimes seems especially dangerous to him. And yet he remains a strong supporter.