Like so many things, it's been institutionalized like "Vote early, vote often" for Chicago.
An unproven... institution.
I'm reminded of the Simpson's episode where Lisa gets to be President and one of the SS men asks, "Do you want him killed? You get two free ones."
I accept the certainty that people of power all over the world, all over the centuries, have weilded power in deadly ways.
As the saying goes, "Power corrupts."
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Terry, 230RN
Note. The logic of "proof:"
1.There is no proof without evidence.
2. There is no evidence without investigation.
3. There is no investigation without suspicion.
4. But suspicion without proof is paranoia, so shut up, you paranoid conservative.