Capital Punishment Quotes

How often when they find a sage, As sweet as Socrates or Plato; They hand him hemlock for his wage, Or bake him like a sweet potato!

Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.

The one sure cure for the professional criminal is the rope. Once it has been applied to his neck, his days of preying upon his betters are over, and the cops have accomplished something that is lasting and real.