The Death Penalty Experiment Has

We Need Not Resolve The Difficult Question Of When Life Begins. When Those Trained In The Respective Disciplines Of Medicine, Philosophy, And Theology Are Unable To Arrive At Any Consensus, The Judiciary, At This Point In The Development Of Man's Knowledge, Is Not In A Position To Speculate As To The Answer.

I Hope You Will Be Yourself, Human, Even A Little Sentimental, Possessed Of A Sense Of Humor And A Sense Of Humility. . . . There Are Arrogant People In This World And, What Is Worse, Arrogant Judges.

From This Day Forward, I No Longer Shall Tinker With The Machinery Of Death.

From This Day Forward, I No Longer Shall Tinker With The Machinery Of Death. ... I Fell Morally And Intellectually Obligated Simply To Concede That The Death Penalty Experiment Has Failed.

I Cannot See Any Of These Death Penalty Cases Where There Hasn't Been A Violation On The Ground Of Either Poverty Or Race. If We Can Ever Get That Straightened Out, It Will Help. But, Of Course, The Real Answer To It Is To Do Away With The Death Penalty.