The administrator of this web page is Rick Halperin and its contributors, and do not necessarily represent the The contents of this Web page are the sole responsibilty of Rick With other death penalty information is archived at the Abolish archive Updates are available for at least 2 weeks. Links for State Organizations and Death Row.Execution Statistics Summary - State and.Victor Hugo, Speech at the Constituent Assembly, September 15, 1848 Make no mistake, you lawmakers and judges, in the eyes of God as in those of conscience, what is a crime when individuals do it is no less an offense when society commits the deed. What does it come down to? Nothing but something horrible and useless, nothing but a way of shedding blood that is called a crime when an individual commits it, but is (sadly) called 'justice' when society brings it about. I have examined the death penalty under each of its 2 aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. And how do you teach that 'thou shalt not kill'? By killing. And just what is it that you wish to teach by means of this example? That thou shalt not kill. You hold capital punishment up as an example. Such a monster is not encountered in private life.'

On him and who, from that moment onward, had confined him at his mercy for Warned his victim of the date at which he would inflict a horrible death For there to be anĮquivalency, the death penalty would have to punish a criminal who had Which is itself a source of moral sufferings more terrible than death.Ĭapital punishment is the most premeditated of murders, to which noĬriminal's deed, however calculated can be compared. It adds to deathĪ rule, a public premeditation known to the future victim, an organization Privation of life as a concentration camp is from prison. Death Penalty News & Updates Death Penalty NewsĪlbert Camus-'Reflections on the Guillotine, Resistance, Rebellion &

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