Again and again, the banality of evil. "when they asked the warden, Robert Ward, if they could take a break from execution work, he said they could lose their

Again and again, the banality of evil. "when they asked the warden, Robert Ward, if they could take a break from execution work, he said they could lose their leadership roles if they didn’t do it, the men said. ... So they kept going. They both valued their managerial roles and needed them to support their families." They did it for the money and status. They chose to do other people's dirty work in a corrupt and utterly indefensible system. No one forced them to be killers. This is what people are like.