Dead Man Talking
"It isn't about
prevention. It isn't about revenge. It's about justice. If you commit first
degree murder, to paraphrase Clint Eastwood, you've robbed a person of
everything they'll ever be. By taking another's life, you've given up your right
to your own."
Tom
Dooley
What Justice?
"I only need to
show the inadequacy of taking the radical action of killing another human being
in the name of such a flimsy thing as 'justice.' I am not sure whether to be
happy or terrified that Tom is confident enough in a vague, metaphysical
assumption such as justice that he would throw the switch that executes a man."
Chris
Lott