We have no recourse but to choose to execute murderers during a trial. If we fail and the identity of the true murderer is clear, they deserve the harshest punishment we can levy - even death - to deter future murderers. If we don't do this, we've shown that we will stand by and simply accept it when people murder at their whims.

...That is, that would be the line of thought if the idea were simply to go a week without a murder. It would be a way to step outside the rules of the game and prevent the deaths from continuing.

[...Susan sighs.]

To allow an innocent to be executed in your place is more than dishonorable. It's what I can't accept most of all...

We need to talk to Spain. No doubt part of his condition is secrecy, but he's already proven willing to hint. This doesn't mean I'm willing to allow him to play as he pleases, though - he's still a danger to the rest of us.