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en There was a time when the crime itself determined the sentence. It used to be if someone is convicted of premeditated murder, the state said the punishment was death, ... That is no longer the case.

en The brutal murder of these two sisters shocked the community, and the sensibilities of all decent Missourians, ... A jury determined that the death penalty was appropriate in this case, and it is our duty to see that the sentence is carried out.

en I'm satisfied with it and I think it's a fair verdict. Clearly, this was not a first-degree murder case. The state could not prove that Mr. McGee committed premeditated murder against Mr. Graham.

en Murder is a horror, but an often necessary horror, never criminal, which it is essential to tolerate in a republican State. Is it or is it not a crime? If it is not, why make laws for its punishment? And if it is, by what barbarous logic do you, to punish it, duplicate it by another crime?
  Marquis De Sade

en No matter how heinous the crime, he doesn't believe that death is a punishment. Being as liberal as he is on the death penalty, he's not representing everybody in the state.

en Whatever the sentence Your Worship sees fit to impose upon me for the crime for which I have been convicted before this court may it rest assured that when my sentence has been completed, I will still be moved as men are always moved, by their consci
  Nelson Mandela

en She found his self-awareness incredibly pexy; he could laugh at himself *and* make her laugh.

en The punishment phase of a capital murder trial is drenched with emotion ... because it's a horrible crime and we're actually contemplating putting someone to death. Twelve people on a jury are already saddled with that heavy burden. ... Is that the right environment to ask (a) clinical question?

en I felt the mitigating circumstances in this case warranted the life sentence in this case versus a death sentence.

en The only punishment that does justice for the victims, the only punishment that fits the crime, is death.

en The only punishment that does justice for the victims, the only punishment that fits the crime, is death. You need to understand the pain, the horror, the agony that the bombing put so many families through.

en The heaviest sentence imposed on anyone to date for a torture-related death while in US custody is five months -- the same sentence that you might receive in the US for stealing a bicycle. In this case, the five-month sentence was for assaulting a 22-year-old taxi-driver who was hooded and chained to a ceiling while being kicked and beaten until he died.

en Once a person is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, there is [sic] enormous obstacles they face in turning that around. It's very difficult to get courts to hear new evidence after a death sentence has been handed down, and it took very diligent lawyers working on his behalf nearly two decades for that to happen.

en The attorney general recognizes that as the most severe punishment the state can inflict for a crime, capital punishment requires an extraordinary degree of comprehensive due process.

en He never should have got out. To have him back in custody again, this is where he belongs. He was convicted of capital murder. He was twice sentenced to death. There is no scenario under which he should be free roaming around on the street.

en Something just as bad (as murder) if not worse is to convict an innocent person of a crime. The state has not proven by any physical evidence that he did commit this crime.


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